President Donald Trump has announced he will give a $2,000 check to every American. They will come from the tariff revenue collected by the administration.

“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday, adding that those against tariffs are “fools.”

While this proposal would likely need to be passed by Congress, it resembles legislation introduced this summer by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to give $600 tariff rebates to nearly all Americans and their dependent children.

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

In August, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC the administration’s p

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