US President Donald Trump on Thursday said his administration would not require congressional approval to implement his proposed “Trump Dividend”, under which every American citizen could receive $5,000 after the midterm elections.In an interview with CBS News, Trump called the proposed payments as “a great infusion” and said the money would have to be spent in the US rather than other countries.“I think they will do it if we needed it. But we think not. The country is doing so well, we’ve taken in trillions of dollars in tariffs and other things. We have now over $20 trillion worth of manufacturing plants and other investments being made in the United States, which is far greater than ever before,” Trump said.“And we think it’s something that’ll be good. We do have one proviso, and that’s that the money be spent… people spend their money in the United States. We don’t want to have that money spent in other countries. We think it’s something that’s really good, popular and it’s a great infusion,” he added.Trump had earlier pledged during a keynote address at a convention in Dallas to pay every adult American $5,000 if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress after the November midterm elections.Trump also used the interview, conducted at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, to urge his supporters to approach the midterm elections as if he were personally on the ballot.“Now, this time I’m not running, so it’s a big difference when you’re running and not running,” he said. “I’m just asking the people, all you people that are listening, pretend I’m running because we have to win.”Trump said Republican victories were needed to preserve the country’s current direction.“This is very, very important,” he said. “We can’t let this, we have the hottest country anywhere in the world, and we can’t let it go.”The US Census Bureau estimates there are about 245 million US citizen adults. Giving each of them a $5,000 check would cost about $1.2 trillion.