President Donald Trump delivered an unexpected moment of candor when pressed this week about one of his most talked-about economic pledges: sending Americans dividend checks funded by tariff revenue.
The issue resurfaced during an Oval Office interview with The New York Times, where Trump was asked to clarify the status of his promise to distribute $2,000 payments to eligible Americans. The proposal, which has energized supporters and drawn skepticism from critics, was first outlined by Trump during his aggressive push to defend tariffs as a cornerstone of his economic strategy.
