Are you about to get a stimulus check? Here’s what Donald Trump just said

Remember back when DOGE was a thing and Elon Musk was rolling through government agencies making cuts and floating the idea of a stimulus check for Americans based off the savings?

That was just a couple of months ago, but it seems like so long ago because … well, you just don’t hear much about DOGE stimulus checks these days. But Donald Trump did float the idea of another stimulus check this week, this one based off of tariffs.

The president mentioned the idea during an interview with One America News on Thursday. He mentioned the idea after he was asked what he might do with the revenue generated from higher tariffs on good imported to the United States.

“We’re going to do something, we’re looking at something,” Trump said. “Number one, we’re paying down debt. Because people have allowed debt to go crazy.

“But you know, with growth, with the kind of growth we have now the debt is very little,” he added. “You grow yourself out of that debt, but we also make a distribution to the people, almost like a dividend to the people of America.”

So, how much could we be talking about? Well, Trump said “maybe $1,000 to $2,000.” According to Newsweek, the nation’s debt is “already beyond $38.48 trillion. Trump’s claim is that his tariffs will eventually allow the country to pay down its debt.

“They’re just starting to kick in, but ultimately, your tariffs are going to be over one trillion dollars a year, in my opinion,” Trump said. “The numbers we have are bigger than they ever were.”

Newsweek noted that issuing stimulus checks would require the approval of Congress.