Trump doesn't think he will have to ask Congress to issue tariff dividend checks
President Trump said he may be able to distribute $2,000 tariff dividend checks to Americans without congressional approval, continuing his plan to provide financial relief from U.S. trade tariffs.
Reuters
January 21, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a press briefing at the White House, on the one-year mark into his second term in office, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 20, 2026.
Nathan Howard/Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday (January 20) said he doesn't think he will have to go through Congress to send out tariff dividend checks of $2,000.
Trump has for months said some Americans, depending on income, could get some kind of dividend or distribution of money as a result of tariffs being imposed on U.S. trading partners.
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