President Trump has vowed to send $2,000 tariff “dividend” checks to most Americans by the 2026 midterms – but some Republicans are questioning how the president will get the funds for the payouts.

Trump has promised to send the so-called “dividend” checks to low- and middle-income Americans using revenue from his sweeping expanse of tariffs.

How much will the checks cost?

Dishing out $2,000 to most Americans would cost as much as $600 billion – twice the revenue expected from tariffs , according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

The steep tariffs Trump imposed in April – with a 10% baseline rate on all foreign countries – had raised $90 billion as of Sept. 30, according to data from US Customs and Border Patrol. He recently lifted tariffs for over 200 products a

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