Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has given an update on the long-awaited $2,000 stimulus check from President Donald Trump. The Republican leader previously suggested the possibility of stimulus payments funded by tariffs,

Trump wrote on a Truth Social post on Nov. 9 that a tariff dividend of $2,000 would be paid out to "everyone," excluding "high income people."

Trump's new idea to send a $2,000 "dividend" to most people is the latest in a string of unrealized plans to give money back to Americans.