US EditionTrump announces $1,776 ‘warrior dividend’ payout for military personnel
President Trump announced a symbolic $1,776 payment to about 1.4 million active-duty service members funded by higher federal revenue from tariffs, to arrive before Christmas.
- President Donald Trump announced in a prime-time White House address on Dec. 17 that more than 1.45 million military service members will receive a $1,776 'Warrior Dividend' before Christmas.
- The administration says tariff receipts and the One Big Beautiful Bill funded the payout, with a $2.9 billion Pentagon appropriation and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordering $2.6 billion disbursed.
- The Department of Defense said the payment will be a one-time basic allowance for housing supplement paid to active-duty servicemembers in pay grades O-6 and below as of November 30, 2025, and reserve members on 31+ day orders, with payments expected by Wednesday.
- Congress controls appropriations, raising questions as the administration said tariffs and the bill funded the payout, with the total cost estimated at about $2.9 billion amid political headwinds.
- Linking the amount to 1776, President Donald Trump framed the $1,776 payout as military recognition and part of affordability messaging ahead of the midterm elections and 2026 economic rebound.
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Editorial: President deceives with announcement of ‘warrior dividends’
During a rapid-fire 18 minutes of shouting on prime time television Wednesday night, President Donald Trump made a number of claims — few of them true — about the state of the country and his administration’s actions since his return to the White House. Notable for Hampton Roads was the president’s promise to send checks of $1,776 to approximately 1.45 million members of the armed forces, at a total cost of $2.6 billion. While that may seem like…
President Donald Trump presented the "warrior dividend," a one-time, tax-free bonus of $1,776 for more than 1.45 million military
Trump Gives WARFIGHTERS 'Warrior Bonus' Checks Stolen From Their Military Housing $$$
Still from ‘Forward March Hare,’ 1953. You don’t even need to look it up to know it’s a Chuck Jones joint. We didn’t watch Donald Trump’s weird Wednesday night rant thing where, we hear, he told Americans all about the wonderful things he’s done for us, and bitched at us for not loving him enough for it, just because prices are high and everybody is far more stressed out than we were before he came back and started fucking things up. Shame on us…
The “Fighter Divider” that President Donald Trump announced during his televised speech on Wednesday, is not a Christmas bonus that materialized thanks to tariff revenues, as the president said. Instead, the payments of $1,776 for members of the armed forces come from a housing supplement that is part of the law of extensions and expansions of tax cuts that was enacted in the middle of this year, the federal government reported on Thursday.
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