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“People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS! We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World,” the president boasted in a Nov. 9, 2025 Truth Social post. “A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.”
The next day, he clarified in another post that “all money left over from the $2000 payments made to low and middle income USA citizens,” will be “used to SUBSTANTIALLY PAY DOWN NATIONAL DEBT.”

As New York Times reporter Katie Rogers asked the POTUS when Americans can expect to get the “promised $2,000 checks,” he hesitated.