The White House appeared to double down on the payment promise and even give insight into who might be eligible for the payments.

But the Tax Foundation calculated that a $2,000 tariff dividend for each person earning under $100,000 would cover 150 million adult recipients and cost nearly $300 billion, or more if children qualified. That’s well above the amount of money the tariffs have raised so far.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that the Trump administration has discussed restricting the president’s proposed $2,000 tariff dividend to families making

The president has promised to send $2,000 to Americans amid legal challenges to his controversial trade policy.