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Ol Janx Spirit

(497 posts) Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:34 PM 3 hrs ago

Axios: Trump promises $2,000 tariff checks by mid-2026

President Trump on Monday promised the government would pay out $2,000 tariff dividend checks starting around mid-2026.

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Of note: A tariff dividend in the middle of 2026 would mean the government would be putting a huge check in most voters' pockets on the eve of crucial midterm elections.

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/17/2000-tariff-dividend-trump-check-2026

I guess we will all know how Stormy Daniels feels now....

What a grotesque bribe to distract from all the damage done to the economy and from the Epstein scandal.

Let's call it what it is, and there should be no mistake that this has nothing to do at all with the tariffs--that is just a convenient way to frame what will actually be just money coming from the treasury with his stupid signature on it to sway votes. It worked for him pretty well last time.

My worry: it will also work this time....

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Axios: Trump promises $2,000 tariff checks by mid-2026 (Original Post) Ol Janx Spirit 3 hrs ago OP

Yeah. $2,000 tariff checks should arrive around mid_October. Jim__ 3 hrs ago #1

Yep but them votes. bluestarone 3 hrs ago #7

What a coinkidink. B.See 2 hrs ago #19

Big surprise. Of course he wants to do this. Klarkashton 3 hrs ago #2

No chance anyone is going to see a single dime Prairie Gates 3 hrs ago #3

Oh, he's pretty good at throwing our money around for his own benefit. I believe it will happen out of desperation... Ol Janx Spirit 3 hrs ago #6

Ballot Box Dementia Bribery bucolic_frolic 3 hrs ago #4

Errr... orange? Grown2Hate 1 hr ago #21

Dumb people believe in Conservative promises SunImp 3 hrs ago #5

I want my check now! n/t leftstreet 3 hrs ago #8

I don't see the R congress falling over themselves here to accommodate him. Maru Kitteh 3 hrs ago #9

They are the ones who need the votes, though? AZJonnie 3 hrs ago #10

Yeah it's just so against their nature though. "Free" money 4 everyone? Communist! Maru Kitteh 2 hrs ago #15

For sure, I totally get the dichotomy you've alluded to AZJonnie 2 hrs ago #16

I would bet that by October of next year they will be perfectly fine with handing out bribery checks... Ol Janx Spirit 3 hrs ago #14

"Biden checks bad for inflation, Trump checks GOOD" durablend 3 hrs ago #11

I'll believe that when I see the check. indigoth 3 hrs ago #12

By then the voter inflation bribe will be much higher. UTUSN 3 hrs ago #13

Cities where $2,000 won't cover even one month's median rent for a 1-bedroom apartment: hatrack 2 hrs ago #17

I'm already living large with my Soros Bucks. Hassler 2 hrs ago #18

Meanwhile very few will have good healthcare coverage and.. mvd 2 hrs ago #20

Jim__

(15,017 posts)

1. Yeah. $2,000 tariff checks should arrive around mid_October.

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:35 PM

3 hrs ago

bluestarone

(20,796 posts)

7. Yep but them votes.

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:43 PM

3 hrs ago

B.See

(7,327 posts)

19. What a coinkidink.

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 07:20 PM

2 hrs ago

And how nice of him to give us back what his tariff bs will have COST us in the first place.

'Great making' formula: BREAK it, then fix it (kinda).

Klarkashton

(4,568 posts)

2. Big surprise. Of course he wants to do this.

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:35 PM

3 hrs ago

Prairie Gates

(6,841 posts)

3. No chance anyone is going to see a single dime

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:36 PM

3 hrs ago

Trump' a liar and a thief.

Ol Janx Spirit

(497 posts)

6. Oh, he's pretty good at throwing our money around for his own benefit. I believe it will happen out of desperation...

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:39 PM

3 hrs ago

...not to lose the mid-terms.

bucolic_frolic

(53,279 posts)

4. Ballot Box Dementia Bribery

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:36 PM

3 hrs ago

if if if if if he's still pink.

Grown2Hate

(2,200 posts)

21. Errr... orange?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:29 PM

1 hr ago

SunImp

(2,585 posts)

5. Dumb people believe in Conservative promises

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:38 PM

3 hrs ago

leftstreet

(38,346 posts)

8. I want my check now! n/t

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:43 PM

3 hrs ago

Maru Kitteh

(31,024 posts)

9. I don't see the R congress falling over themselves here to accommodate him.

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:45 PM

3 hrs ago

We could find out sooner rather than later just how lame this duck is.

AZJonnie

(2,305 posts)

10. They are the ones who need the votes, though?

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #9)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:57 PM

3 hrs ago

I would be unsurprised either way they lean TBH, opportunists that they are, desperate for power at any cost

Maru Kitteh

(31,024 posts)

15. Yeah it's just so against their nature though. "Free" money 4 everyone? Communist!

Reply to AZJonnie (Reply #10)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:34 PM

2 hrs ago

It’ll run aground and die. Dems won’t be helping Trump out with this irresponsible scheme, and not enough R’s will have an appetite for it to go anywhere.

AZJonnie

(2,305 posts)

16. For sure, I totally get the dichotomy you've alluded to

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #15)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:43 PM

2 hrs ago

It's just that they may become pretty desperate as the reality of the catastrophe of Trumponomics starts hitting full force come 2026

Plus, they really love cheating, just as a general concept

Ol Janx Spirit

(497 posts)

14. I would bet that by October of next year they will be perfectly fine with handing out bribery checks...

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #9)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:21 PM

3 hrs ago

...to save their own elections.

durablend

(8,780 posts)

11. "Biden checks bad for inflation, Trump checks GOOD"

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:59 PM

3 hrs ago

Uh huh.

indigoth

(193 posts)

12. I'll believe that when I see the check.

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:04 PM

3 hrs ago

And not one second sooner.

UTUSN

(76,349 posts)

13. By then the voter inflation bribe will be much higher.

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:09 PM

3 hrs ago

hatrack

(63,993 posts)

17. Cities where $2,000 won't cover even one month's median rent for a 1-bedroom apartment:

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 07:11 PM

2 hrs ago

New York
San Francisco
Boston
Jersey City
Charleston
San Diego
San Jose
Chicago
Los Angeles

it will cover one month's rent in Burlington, VT, with $0 left over

https://www.apartmentadvisor.com/market-reports

Hassler

(4,660 posts)

18. I'm already living large with my Soros Bucks.

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 07:18 PM

2 hrs ago

mvd

(65,795 posts)

20. Meanwhile very few will have good healthcare coverage and..

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 07:22 PM

2 hrs ago

all this is is a bribe. And since they hate the poor and unemployed, can’t count on it going to them even if the checks were issued.

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