Bessent Says Trump’s $2,000 ‘Dividend’ May Come Via Tax Cuts

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Americans may receive a tariff “dividend” of at least $2,000 could come via the tax cuts passed in his signature economic policy bill earlier this year.

Bessent was asked on ABC’s This Week about a social media post by Trump earlier Sunday that derided people who oppose tariffs and said a “dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.”

Bessent said he hadn’t spoken to the president about this idea but “the $2,000 dividend could come in lots of forms, ...