[NEWS] Trump says a tariff dividend of 'at least' $2,000 will be paid to most Americans

[BrasSmonkey]

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that a dividend payment of "at least" $2,000 would be paid to most Americans from US tariff revenues.

In a post on Truth Social, he wrote: "We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion."

"A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone."

The Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of Trump's sweeping tariffs, which he has justified under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Lower courts previously determined that many of the levies were unlawful.

The president had floated the idea of a $1,000 to $2,000 "distribution to the people" in an interview with One America News Network in October, touting tariff revenues he predicted would bring in over a trillion dollars a year.

The Treasury Department said in its September statement that it has collected $195 billion from customs duties in the fiscal year 2025.

For consumers, the idea of a dividend payout may be particularly welcome amid mounting cost-of-living pressures and the ongoing government shutdown.

But any such scheme would likely need congressional approval, and Trump has previously signaled he would prefer to use tariff revenues to tackle the national debt.



https://www.businessinsider.com/donald- ... nt-2025-11

[jag]

He is collecting tariffs from American companies importing goods and then giving back $2,000 to Americans, how about he does not collect those tariffs and does not give something back to the very people who are ultimately paying for those tariffs in the first instance.

[3ric]

All it is from how I see this it's a tax on American consumers

[Nakedtruth]

Is it going to be direct deposit, check, tax credit or what?

[webcamhostess]

I'll take it check or credit on my taxes why not.

[viking]

Where's my money lolololololololol

[BrasSmonkey]

mid-to-late 2026

Where's my money lolololololololol

[tacnet]

This is NEVER going to happen. The math simply doesn't work out.

Most economists estimate that this will cost between $400 and $500 billion. Even the most conservative estimates (ie taking out all kids and anybody earning over $100k pa) can only get it down to around $300 billion and that's a problem when your only taking in around $195 billion in tariff revenue

Its simply Trump trying to buy your votes for the mid terms. Your never actually going to get the money

[BrasSmonkey]

we know you get hard for the man....

This is NEVER going to happen. The math simply doesn't work out.

Most economists estimate that this will cost between $400 and $500 billion. Even the most conservative estimates (ie taking out all kids and anybody earning over $100k pa) can only get it down to around $300 billion and that's a problem when your only taking in around $195 billion in tariff revenue

Its simply Trump trying to buy your votes for the mid terms. Your never actually going to get the money

[tacnet]

we know you get hard for the man....

This is NEVER going to happen. The math simply doesn't work out.

Most economists estimate that this will cost between $400 and $500 billion. Even the most conservative estimates (ie taking out all kids and anybody earning over $100k pa) can only get it down to around $300 billion and that's a problem when your only taking in around $195 billion in tariff revenue

Its simply Trump trying to buy your votes for the mid terms. Your never actually going to get the money

Just like you did for Biden !!

[AlexO]

How much has his tariffs cost us , everything I buy seems more expensive this year. `

[BrasSmonkey]

biden fueled 2 wars and was paying illegal aliens!!!

we know you get hard for the man....

This is NEVER going to happen. The math simply doesn't work out.

Most economists estimate that this will cost between $400 and $500 billion. Even the most conservative estimates (ie taking out all kids and anybody earning over $100k pa) can only get it down to around $300 billion and that's a problem when your only taking in around $195 billion in tariff revenue

Its simply Trump trying to buy your votes for the mid terms. Your never actually going to get the money

Just like you did for Biden !!

[ispdn]

Any more news on this or is the $2K a person idea over?

[BrasSmonkey]

prolly next summer... has to go through congress.

Any more news on this or is the $2K a person idea over?

[razor]

Has that payment gone out because I sure have not seen one in my bank account