Reporter: "You've promised $2,000 checks to Americans based off of your tariff revenues?" Trump: "I did do that?

[riversedge]

I, for one, never thought anyone would see this happen.

This took place on the plane back from Florida Sunday Jan10:

Reporter: "You've promised $2,000 checks to Americans based off of your tariff revenues?"

Trump: "I did do that? When did I do that?"

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Yeah Donnie, you said that.
Fact-checking Trump's promise to give Americans $2000
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Nov 11, 2025 — Over the weekend, President Donald Trump promised Americans $2000 each from the "trillions of dollars" in tariff revenue he said his ...

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[highplainsdem]

1. I assume MS NOW and other media are already compiling video evidence of every time he promised

those $2,000 checks last year.

And now he can't even remember what he said...

[riversedge]

11. Here is Trumps Truth post that he posted about the 2T $$ checks .....

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NYT: “You promised $2,000 checks to Americans based off of your tariff revenues. When can —”

Trump: “I did do that? When did I do that?”

Trump can’t keep track of all his lies.

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[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[Kid Berwyn]

3. Professional Grade Liar

Dollar Store Brain

[highplainsdem]

5. I don't think he was lying there. He apparently actually forgot. Dementia Don.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Igor...

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[riversedge]

4. Trump: "When I pay people $2,000 each, that's not made up. That's real money. That comes from other countries."

Nov 15, 2025
President Trump on his $2,000 tariff check for Americans:

"When I pay people $2,000 each, that's not made up. That's real money. That comes from other countries.”

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[efhmc]

7. When "I" pay each American $2000 per is not him but money that we tax payer put into the US coffers being returned to us

[underpants]

6. President Urkel

[Totally Tunsie]

8. What a shame if he doesn't come through.

"My" $2,000 was already destined to go to Democratic candidates and causes.

[Jarqui]

9. Typical Trump fuzzy math

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/trump-tariffs-trade-customs-imports.html

Figure I've seen is $236 billion as of mid Dec 2025
That figure includes pre-existing tariff revenue
But Trump told the media they had collected $600 billion (another lie)

But a bunch of that money has already been promised to be redistributed to industries
Some of it would go to budgets spending the prior existing tariff money.
Tariffs are apparently costing households $1,800/yr for 2025

260 million adults x $2,000 = $520 billion
After redistribution to industries and previous tariffs earmarked for budget, he's not going to have $520 billion

And of course, on what authority over Congress can Trump hand out that cash?

Another Trump scam