$2,000 Dividend Can Be Funded by Tariffs, Needs Legislation: Trump Adviser

‘It’s something that will require legislation,’ says the head of the National Economic Council.

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on Feb. 11, 2005. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

The tariffs imposed by the Trump administration can provide enough funding to send out dividend payments as floated earlier this week by President Donald Trump, said National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett on Thursday.

Trump has said he wants to send out a $2,000 dividend sourced from the global tariffs that he imposed starting earlier this year, while saying the duties would also be used to pay off the U.S. national debt.