While the Treasury Department pulls out all the stops to try to calm the bond market, the White House has apparently taken the opposite approach.

During his headline speech at the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas, President Donald Trump pledged to issue “a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000” — but only if the party retains the House and Senate majorities in November.

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