Trump’s $2,000 tariff ‘dividend’ post is likely to fuel the stimulus check rumor mill for months

With his tariff policies potentially under threat from the Supreme Court, President Trump over the weekend took to Truth Social to float the idea of doling out a $2,000 “dividend” to every person in America who is not high income.

Although experts have expressed doubt about the fiscal feasibility of such a proposal—and Trump’s own treasury secretary conceded that he knew of no such plan to send out checks—Trump’s post is likely to spark a fresh wave of unsourced news stories designed to induce clicks and raise false hopes among millions of Americans who could actually use a stimulus boost.

Here’s what to know:

What did Trump propose?

In a Truth Social post on Sunday that began with the sentence, “People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!,” Trump suggested that the government might dis