{"id":20956,"date":"2026-02-18T10:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=20956"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:36:57","slug":"are-trump-stimulus-checks-coming-what-the-president-said-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=20956","title":{"rendered":"Are Trump stimulus checks coming? What the president said this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\">\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">GOP-controlled House votes to overturn Trump tariffs on Canada<\/p>\n<p>The Republican controlled House of Representatives voted to overturn President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs on Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s been months since President Donald Trump announced there would be a new stimulus check.<\/p>\n<p>What happened?<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 9, 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/07\/trump-administration-snap-food-november-appeal\/87144767007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/07\/trump-administration-snap-food-november-appeal\/87144767007\/\">President Donald Trump<\/a> said his administration plans to issue a &#8220;dividend&#8221; of at least $2,000 to most Americans.<\/p>\n<p>It was framed as a reward for what he described as the nation\u2019s economic strength under his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said the payments would go to all Americans except those with high incomes.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with NBC prior to the Super Bowl, Trump was asked about the status of the checks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d make it \u2014 I&#8217;m looking at it very seriously,&#8221; Trump told NBC&#8217;s Tom Llamas. &#8220;I&#8217;m the only one who can do it because I&#8217;m taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of money from tariffs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump, however, did not make a firm commitment to the checks being issued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh yeah, sure. I can do that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t made the commitment yet, but I may make the commitment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">When are we getting a $2,000 tariff dividend check?<\/h2>\n<p>The issuing of stimulus check rests on a looming Supreme Court decision over the legality of those tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s promised $2,000 tariff dividend payment to\u00a0&#8220;middle income people and lower income people&#8221; from the &#8220;hundreds of millions of dollars&#8221; collected in tariff revenues still lacks a formal proposal despite promises from the president that payments would be issued sometime in 2026, before the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/story\/news\/2026\/01\/26\/when-is-supreme-court-ruling-on-tariffs-trump-tariff-decision-case-trump-tariff-ruling-scotus-ruling\/88362451007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling soon<\/a>\u00a0on whether to strike down all or part of the tariffs and clarify how importers would receive tariff refunds.<\/p>\n<p><em>CONTRIBUTING: Maria Francis, USA TODAY Network<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/12\/stimulus-check-2026-2000-trump-tariff-eligibility-news-latest\/88625883007\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP-controlled House votes to overturn Trump tariffs on Canada The Republican controlled House of Representatives voted to overturn President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs on Canada. 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