Archive · 15 Sep 2026
DK Shivakumar Says Trump Is Copying Congress Welfare Model
Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said Donald Trump was copying the Congress welfare idea.
He said several Indian states had already copied the model.
These states included Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar.
Trump proposed giving every American adult $5,000 if Republicans win the midterm elections.
He called the payment the “Trump Dividend.”
Trump said the United States could afford the plan.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Congress would have to approve the payments.
This means the promised money is not guaranteed yet.
Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said Donald Trump was copying the Congress welfare model.
Shivakumar said Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar had also replicated the model.
Trump proposed $5,000 payments to every American adult if Republicans retain control of Congress.
Trump called the proposed payment the “Trump Dividend” and said the United States could afford it.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Congress would need to approve any such payment and that details remained unresolved.
- Who
- Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, United States President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson.
- What
- Shivakumar said Trump was copying the Congress welfare model after Trump proposed $5,000 payments to American adults.
- When
- Trump announced the idea on September 9; he discussed its affordability on Sunday, and Shivakumar commented days later.
- Where
- Shivakumar spoke at an event in Bengaluru; Trump made his proposal at a Republican convention in Dallas.
- Why
- Trump said the payments would be made if Republicans retain control of Congress, while Shivakumar cited the proposal as evidence of the Congress model’s global influence.
Shivakumar’s View
Trump Proposal and Republican Response
Meaning of the $5,000 promise
Shivakumar’s View
D.K. Shivakumar described Trump’s proposal as the United States copying the Congress welfare model and said the model was gaining global influence.
Trump Proposal and Republican Response
Donald Trump presented the payment as a proposed benefit for American adults if Republicans win, calling it the “Trump Dividend.”
Whether the payments can happen
Shivakumar’s View
Shivakumar cited the promise as an example of the Congress model but did not address how it would be implemented in the United States.
Trump Proposal and Republican Response
Trump said the United States could afford the payments, while Mike Johnson said Congress would need to approve them and that important details remained unresolved.
- Proposed payment
- $5,000 for every American adult
- Proposed name
- The “Trump Dividend”
- Condition
- Republicans must win or retain control of Congress
- Trump’s position
- The United States could afford the payments
- Approval required
- House Speaker Mike Johnson said Congress would need to approve them
- Indian states cited
- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar
- Location of Shivakumar’s remarks
- Bengaluru