Republican Says "We Can't Afford" $2,000 Tariff Checks

Why President Trump’s $2,000 “Dividend Checks” Sound Familiar

President Donald Trump recently suggested his administration will issue $2,000 “dividend checks” backed by revenue from his stepped-up tariffs. Earlier this month the president wrote on Truth Social that “A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.” Subsequently he “told reporters that ‘individuals of moderate income’ could expect dividends ‘probably in the middle of next year’.” But one as…

Republican says "we can't afford" $2,000 tariff checks

Trump had previously proposed a dividend check be sent out from tariffs.

‘We Can’t Afford’ $2,000 Tariff Rebates, GOP Senator Says

At least one Republican senator has said that the U.S. government cannot afford a Trump administration proposal to send out $2,000 tariff-derived rebate payments. “If we’re bringing in revenue through the tariffs, that ought to be applied to reduce the deficit, not just to make cash payments to Americans,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo on Monday. Bartiromo then told him: “It sounds like you would vote ‘no’ in ter…

GOP senator shoots down President Trump’s push for $2K tariff dividend: ‘We can’t afford it’

Sen. Ron Johnson rejected President Trump's proposal to shell out $2,000 "tariff dividend" checks to Americans before the 2026 midterm elections, arguing that money should be used to reduce the federal deficit.

MAGA senator slams Trump’s $2,000 check plan: ‘We can’t afford it’

Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson joins other Senate Republicans in arguing that money earned from President Donald Trump’s tariffs would be better spent on easing the $38 trillion national deficit