Amid a record-setting government shutdown and Democratic wins in an off-year election, President Donald Trump has 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.

We looked at each of these proposals, and whether policy experts think they are likely to come to fruition.

Each idea is, for now, little more than a presidential musing on social media. To become reality, most would require formal proposals and legislation passed by both chambers of Congress. Other ideas, such as the mortgages, would likely require significant action by lender

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