As WLT Report previously reported, President Trump has announced that he plans to issue a dividend check from the revenue generated from tariffs to the American people. Treasury Secretary  Scott Bessent further revealed, the checks will be in the amount of $2,000 and given to households making less then $100,000. However, as it stands right now the revenue generated by tariffs is not enough to cover the estimated $300 billion cost of the dividend checks — at least, according to ABC News. ABC News provided a breakdown of the numbers and how the payout can still be paid: The message did not specify who would qualify for the payout or how the policy would operate. Two pandemic-era stimulus checks authorized by Trump were made available to individuals bringing in as much as $75,000 per year and couples earning up to $150,000. Beyond those benchmarks, higher earners were eligible for smaller payments. If Trump were to make the dividend payments available to anyone earning $100,000 or less, the policy would reach about 150 million Americans, amounting to roughly $300 billion in dividends, Erica York, a policy expert at the Tax Foundation, said in a post on X. As of Sept. 30, the federal government had generated $195 billion in tariff-related revenue, according to the Treasury Department. By that math, the estimated $300 billion cost of the dividend check proposal would far exceed the amount of currently available tariff revenue. In theory, however, the Trump administration could promise to pay the dividend from anticipated tariff revenue. The Treasury Department has forecast $3 trillion in tariff revenue over the next decade. Should the Trump administration choose that route, the dividend payments would add to the federal debt, which currently stands at over $38 trillion, according to the Treasury Department. President Trump confirms he is planning to give $2,000 dividend checks to US citizens with the rest of the tariff money going towards our debt: pic.twitter.com/i0D9CtY3LJ — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) November 10, 2025 ABC News reported Trump is committed to give Americans $2,000 in checks: President Donald Trump remains “committed” to sending each American a $2,000 dividend check to be distributed from tariff revenue, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday. White House officials are exploring ways to execute the plan put forward by Trump in a social media post over the weekend, Leavitt added, but she did not provide details about specific options. “The president made it clear he wants to make it happen,” Leavitt told reporters at the White House. “So his team of economic advisers are looking into it.” The firm stance from the White House comes days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared to cast doubt on Trump’s proposal, saying the payout could merely refer to tax savings enshrined by Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill legislation.