Trump’s $2,000 dividend pitch was designed
to sound simple: tariffs make America rich,
and that “found money” is mailed back to working families.
But the math and the law tell a different story.
The tariffs have brought
in under $200 billion so far,
well short of what’s needed,
and much of that revenue is
now tangled in court.
With the Supreme Court openly
skeptical of his use
of emergency powers to levy tariffs,
a ruling against
Trump could erase a key
pillar of his plan and even force refunds instead of rebates
