50-year mortgages? $2,000 tariff checks? What experts think of some of Trump's unique policy ideas

50-year mortgages? $2,000 tariff checks? What experts think of some of Trump’s unique policy ideas Politics Nov 12, 2025 4:32 PM EST

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact .

Amid a record-setting government shutdown and Democratic wins in an off-year election, President Donald Trump floated a series of unusual policy ideas.

Fifty-year mortgages? Paying Americans, instead of insurers, for health coverage? Dividends of $2,000 from tariff revenues? Bonuses for air traffic controllers who showed up for work during the shutdown? All proposed by the president in the span of a few days.

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