“The odds of Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend checks are ‘now effectively zero,’ expert says”
April 7, 2026
“President Donald Trump is fighting back after the Supreme Court struck down a sizeable chunk of his global tariffs policy.
The president had previously said he would send out $2,000 checks to Americans as a “dividend” funded with tariff revenue.
“Tariff dividends were a long shot from the beginning,” says Stephen Kates, a financial analyst at Bankrate. “The odds of this policy moving forward is now effectively zero.”…”
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/trumps-2000-tariff-dividend-checks-are-less-likely-experts-say.html