Trump promises $2,000 ‘Tariff Dividend’ for each American

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a plan to give every American at least $2,000 from tariff revenues, saying the payouts would exclude “high-income people.”

He claimed the policy had made the United States the “richest and most respected” nation in the world.

Claiming that tariffs have made the United States the “richest and most respected” nation in the world, President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a plan to pay every American at least $2,000 from tariff revenues, excluding what he called “high-income people.”

“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high-income people!) will be paid to everyone,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, adding that those opposed to tariffs are “FOOLS!”

The idea of distributing tariff revenues directly to citizens would likely require approval from Congress. Earlier this year, Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri proposed a similar measure — a $600 tariff rebate for most Americans and their dependent children.

“My legislation would allow hard-working Americans to benefit from the wealth that Trump’s tariffs are returning to this country,” Hawley said at the time.

On Sunday, Trump echoed that position, saying the government would begin paying down the “ENORMOUS” debt using tariff income. He claimed his tariff policy — which imposes reciprocal and penalty duties on trading partners — had brought in “trillions of dollars” and strengthened the US economy, insisting the country now had “almost no inflation.”