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White House Says Trump Committed to $2,000 Tariff Dividend Payments for Many Americans

President Donald Trump has proposed using funds from tariffs to pay a dividend to many Americans while cutting national debt.
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White House Says Trump Committed to $2,000 Tariff Dividend Payments for Many Americans
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Nov. 10, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Kimberly Hayek
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President Donald Trump is committed to paying $2,000 to many Americans from funds from tariff revenues, the White House said on Nov. 12, adding that officials are exploring how to make the president’s proposal happen.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at the White House that Trump’s team is mulling all legal options for the dividend, which the president first mentioned over the weekend.

Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.