Dividends
2025 August
2025-08-05 Trump made several claims about trillions in US income, paying off the debt in large quantities, and issuing dividends to the people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb7yKvOQE_c
2025 November
2025-11-10 Trump promised a $2000 tariff dividend check.
2025 December
2025-12-18 Trump issued $1776 checks to servicemembers. The funds were reallocated housing funds already intended for military housing.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/18/trump-warrior-dividend-troops-congress-00697375
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-dividend-housing-5990b3810a704e46e2b93152253f439c
2026 April
2026-04-19 After the Supreme Court said Trump’s tariffs were illegal, the administration announced the kick-off of a $166B tariff refund for businesses and importers only, for which they can submit a claim for online. Consumers will not be receiving a refund.
https://apnews.com/article/tariff-refund-trump-customs-08861f153801156d213c30c4e2f6a683
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/20/trump-tariffs-us-business-refunds-customs-ace-portal
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/economy/tariff-refund-process-kicks-off
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-blow-trump-admin-launches-166b-tariff-refund-portal
2026 September
2026-09-09 Trump told everyone he would issue $5,000 checks if Republicans win the midterms.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-dividend-checks-who-qualifies-12423926
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4NphZBfmnE&list=WL&index=2
2026-09-10 Trump promised a $500 Obamacare rebate check.
2026-09-12 Laura Ingraham asked Trump why he wouldn’t issue the $5000 now instead of pledging to wait until after the election. Trump blamed that on Democrats. After the pledge, Trump told CBS Texas he didn’t think the payments would require Congressional approval.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/laura-ingraham-actually-challenged-trump-151602738.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-5000-dividend-checks-midterms/