Donald Trump urged voters on Wednesday to treat the November 3 midterm election as if he were personally on the ballot, and he promised a $5,000 payment to every adult citizen if Republicans keep both chambers of Congress. He made the pitch at the Republican Party’s first midterm convention in Dallas, tying the party’s fate directly to his own. Trump said the proposed payment would be called the Trump Dividend and claimed the country’s economic strength could support it. He did not explain how the plan would be funded or administered, but said recipients would have to spend the money in the United States. Trump Turns the Midterms Into a Personal Referendum Trump also warned that a Democratic takeover would derail his second term agenda, repeatedly labeling Democrats as communists. He said he plans to campaign in competitive House and Senate races, even though several vulnerable Republican candidates skipped the Dallas event. The speech also included personal attacks on Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, whom Trump compared to Mad magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman, and Republican candidate Ken Paxton, whom Trump called unattractive before praising him as America’s greatest attorney general. Trump defended the war with Iran, referenced activity at a site he called Pickaxe Mountain, and threatened a forceful response. He also floated renaming the Strait of Hormuz the Trump Strait, changing New Mexico to New America, and commented on the Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Dončić.