$2,000 tariff dividend payments will happen 'next year sometime': Trump
President Donald Trump said Friday that his recent promise to send Americans $2,000 dividend checks to be distributed from tariff revenues would be something that happened down the line, maybe in the "next year."
"Not for this year. It'll be next year sometime," Trump told reporters on Air Force One. "It's a lot of money, but we've taken in a lot of money from tariffs. The tariffs allow us to give a dividend."
Trump announced the policy proposal in a brief message on social media on Sunday morning, focused on tariff-related tax revenue. The message did not specify who would qualify for the payout or how the policy would operate.
-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Hannah Demissie and Isabella Murray






