{"id":5312,"date":"2025-11-12T00:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=5312"},"modified":"2025-11-12T00:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:18:14","slug":"donald-trump-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=5312","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump promises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-los2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/578657878_122199301160300118_6167455988887667158_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_eui2=AeEDh9y1nev-dDMxIGXf3Wu95_wDjpDUaQ7n_AOOkNRpDn9Z2TVfePDMuPrWOzD378vmahDZb62YcwNXdhFEjhFV&amp;_nc_ohc=G7x07LfVhDUQ7kNvwGQQA7S&amp;_nc_oc=AdleojeIfiDvkURCx0eAL41kg-6omToS_jImfkyN_faaY_uCcrSfzEj8rNvUNul4fBRD_VRJrf_nahEFsUzbhNgM&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-los2-1.xx&amp;_nc_gid=rAGnnijMEGC2rifUuUCLbw&amp;oh=00_Afj-f2dC8BQpkjZie80yQR-AnfPhFIDlJvI0P8MIDfsFnQ&amp;oe=69190A53\" alt=\"May be an image of money and text\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s $2,000 Pledge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump linked his tariff plan to a promise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!)will be paid to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He did not specify timelines, income thresholds, or other eligibility rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tariffs as the Revenue Engine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump claims tariffs boost revenue and domestic investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Truth Social, he said, \u201cPeople that are against Tariffs are FOOLS! We are now the Richest,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Respected Country In the World\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He envisions using tariff receipts to pay down the national debt and fund the $2,000 payouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost and Legal Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts warn the payouts could cost $300\u2013$513 billion,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>far exceeding current tariff revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courts have challenged the president\u2019s use of emergency powers to impose broad tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unclear Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key questions remain: \u201cWho qualifies,\u201d \u201cWhen the payout happens,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and legality of funding. Experts say, \u201cdon\u2019t expect $2,000 to drop into your bank account anytime soon!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s $2,000 Pledge President Trump linked his tariff plan to a promise: \u201cA dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!)will be paid to everyone.\u201d He did not specify timelines, income thresholds, or other eligibility rules. Tariffs as the Revenue Engine Trump claims tariffs boost revenue and domestic investment. On Truth&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5314,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5312\/revisions\/5314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}