Would you qualify this as buying votes? Is it even legal?

If it is illegal, I don’t know who will actually enforce the law. Certainly not the DOJ and most likely not the Supreme Court either.

But it’s an empty promise anyway. Once they’ve got what they want they’re not going to pay out.

He can't promise money since Congress hasn't approved it, and this would be north of $1 trillion so I guess he's looking to set more record deficits.

I see a printing press cranking out CONFEDERATE DOLLARS.

A trillion or so? And wasted. Except at strip clubs. Make it rain!

Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49638009

His word is gold. Just ask his contractors. But seriously, people living in actual banana republics would be embarrassed by this level of nonsense.

Imagine if the Republicans lose:

He couldn't even buy the election for 1.3 trillion dollars

That's how much he is disliked.

Imagine if they win.

It proves he's a worthless SOB unless you add over a trillion dollars.

The definition of bread and circuses, the kind of thing that conservatives used to warn everyone about voting for, and warn against policies that just gave money away. Remember Mitt Romney's 47% dumbass remark? In larger context it was about people who wouldn't vote for him because they lived off federal dollars. Will no conservatives denounce Trump for trying this?