White House Economist Proposal Coming Soon on $2,000 Tariff Rebate Checks

A reduction in U.S. government debt and economic growth are the reasons for the checks, says the head of the National Economic Council.

Blank government checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

A top White House economic official said that it appears more and more likely that the Trump administration will be sending out $2,000 tariff rebate checks and would be bringing a proposal to do so in 2026.

“In the summer, I wasn’t so sure that there was space for a check like that, but now I’m pretty sure that there is,” Kevin Hassett, the head of the National Economic Council, told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Dec. 21.