White House won’t comment on where Trump’s many midterm promises stand — including those $5k checks

The White House has gone quiet about a set of campaign-season pledges President Donald Trump tied to Republican victories, now that Democrats have taken control of Congress in the midterms. Asked whether the promised $5,000 payments to American adults had been dropped, the administration did not respond. Spokesperson Matthew Middleton offered only a general statement saying the president would cooperate with anyone willing to strengthen the economy and hoped Democrats would join that effort, according to CNN.

During October rallies, Trump made several conditional offers: settling Camp Lejeune water contamination claims in North Carolina, building a drug manufacturing facility in Kentucky, expanding access to a farm fuel in Kansas and Iowa, and extending federal assistance in Alaska. He has not addressed any of them publicly since the election. At the Camp Lejeune event he said money would vanish if Republicans lost.

The payment idea drew skepticism at the time, including from outgoing Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who called it a gimmick. Critics described it as an attempt to buy votes. Trump also never explained why he had not delivered on these goals during the previous two years, or whether he might act while Republicans still hold both chambers.

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