We’re getting some additional details about President Donald Trump’s unique plan to distribute payments to millions of Americans from the massive revenue being generated from his tariff policies.

He’d referenced the possibility of sending out $2,000 checks to lower- and middle-income Americans in the past, but offered more context during remarks at the White House this week.

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The Daily Mail provided additional coverage of Trump’s latest remarks on the topic:

During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the president was ‘committed’ to sending checks to Americans.

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She added that Trump’s economic advisors were looking into the matter and exploring all legal options to send the checks.

However, Leavitt was unable to provide a timeline for the checks and stated that the administration would provide an update when one is available.

The checks would require approval from Congress, and Republicans hold a slim majority following the midterm elections.

Fiscally conservative members told Politico that they were skeptical of the rebates, with Representative Ryan Zinke saying: ‘We’re $36, $37 trillion in debt. To me, I think our bus is full.

‘If you want to add something, then take something off the bus. That’s just me.’

Representative Tim Burchett told the publication that he was unsure as to whether he’d vote to support the rebates.

‘I’d have to see how it affected the debt,’ he said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has also weighed in on the proposal:

The prospect of receiving a check was unsurprisingly popular among many social media users:

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Trump’s previous statements on the matter included a jab at those who oppose his trade platform:

Since then, however, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s remarks muddied the waters a bit until Trump’s latest clarification.

As the New York Post reported earlier this week:

“Well, there are a lot of options here that the president’s talking about a $2,000 rebate and those — that would be for families making less than, say, $100,000,” Bessent told “Fox & Friends” Wednesday.

“We haven’t,” Bessent clarified when asked if the Trump administration had decided on that limit. “It’s in discussion.”

Bessent later told ABC’s “This Week” that the dividend “could come in lots of forms” and that it “could be just the tax decreases that we are seeing.” That’s a reference to tax cuts including in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed into law earlier this year.

Here’s what else the president had to say on the matter this week:

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