Months after President Donald Trump suggested sending Americans a $2,000 tariff dividend check, many households are waiting to see if that stimulus could come in 2026, despite political and legal obstacles.
“We have taken in, and will soon be receiving, more than 600 Billion Dollars in Tariffs,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday.
The president first floated the idea of making direct payments to Americans in the form of a “tariff dividend” in July. Later in the fall, Trump suggested in Oval Office comments and on social media that a rebate check funded with tariff revenue would be likely.
“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social in November.
In an interview on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” last month, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said, “I would expect that in the new year, the president will bring forth a proposal to Congress to make that happen.”
