The remark came days after Trump promised to give $5,000 to every American adult if the Republican Party keeps control of Congress in this year’s midterm elections.
After several Indian states, now US President Donald Trump is “copying” the Congress welfare model, claimed Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.
And now, the US is copying it.
Speaking at an event in Bengaluru, Shivakumar said that Congress’s welfare model has been replicated in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar.
That means our thinking is being introduced not just to India, but to the entire world. Trump on Sunday said the US can afford his promise. Any such payment would need to be approved by Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said on Sunday.
“Maharashtra copied us. Madhya Pradesh copied us. Rajasthan copied. Bihar copied. Now Trump is copying us! Trump” he exclaimed. Now, who is putting a copy out there? Trump is saying that if voted, he will give this many dollars. “It will be called the Trump Dividend. “Of course, the devil’s in the details.
“Did you see that? $5,000. How much? $5,000!
This is the strength of the Congress party,” Shivakumar said. “If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000,” Trump said during the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas. “I don’t know but it’s easy if the Republicans win. $5,000 to all adults in the country and we can easily handle that because we’re taking in so much money,” Trump told reporters when asked if Congress would need to approve the payments, adding that trillions of dollars were coming into the country. We have to figure all that out,” Johnson told CNN’s “State of the Union. Earlier reporting noted: ‘Even Donald Trump is copying us’: DK Shivakumar says US $5,000 promise ‘inspired’ by Congress guarantees Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar stated Donald Trump is copying Congress’s guarantee schemes Earlier reporting noted: BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar on Monday said even US President Donald Trump was “copying” the Congress government ’s guarantee schemes, while highlighting what he described as their popularity among people. Earlier reporting noted: Speaking in Bengaluru, Shivakumar said the Congress government’s welfare guarantees had become a “blockbuster” and drew a comparison with Trump’s recent promise to give every adult American $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the November midterm elections.
