President Donald Trump announced Sunday that each American would receive at least $2,000 from U.S. tariff revenues — a move aimed at bolstering support for his controversial trade policies. The payments, Trump noted on Truth Social, would apply to all but “high-income people.”
“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” Trump wrote, framing the plan as a direct benefit of his sweeping tariffs. In the same post, he labeled critics of his tariff approach as “fools,” asserting that his policies have strengthened the U.S. economy and elevated the country’s global standing.
“We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World, With Almost No Inflation, and A Record Stock Market Price,” Trump wrote. He added that Americans’ 401(k) accounts are at record highs and claimed the federal government is “taking in trillions of dollars” from tariffs, funds he suggested …
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