Several times this year, President Trump has suggested using a portion of the government revenue generated from new tariffs to provide rebate checks to taxpayers within certain income brackets, similar to the stimulus payments issued during the pandemic.
In February, he also floated the idea of distributing $5,000 stimulus checks as a “DOGE dividend” during a summit in Miami. He described the plan as returning part of the 20% savings identified by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) back to taxpayers. Since then, however, he has not released any additional details or confirmed whether “DOGE dividends” or tariff rebates will move forward.
And last week, during an Oct. 2 interview on One America News, Trump again suggested distributing stimulus checks from $1,000 to $2,000 per person.
“We’ll pay back debt, but we also might make a distribution to the people, almost like a dividend to the people of America,” he said.
Will Khanna’s proposal bring in another round of stimulus checks to Texans and Americans alike?
There has been no indication that a fourth stimulus check will be issued as a result of cost-cutting measures. Any form of stimulus payment issued by the U.S. government would have to be approved by Congress. Don’t expect a check anytime soon.
The Department of Government Efficiency, officially the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, is an initiative created by Trump and led by former “special government employee” Elon Musk. DOGE’s mission was to reduce federal spending, streamline regulations, and modernize federal technology and software to enhance government efficiency and productivity.
For stimulus checks to be sent, it has to be introduced to legislation first.