Trump And His Treasury Secretary Singing Different Tune On Tariff Rebate Checks

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday contradicted President Donald Trump on his pledge to send Americans tariff rebate checks.

Trump announced on Truth Social Sunday that “A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone” using money collected from tariffs. However, Bessent said on “Fox and Friends” that there has not been an official decision to send the checks.

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“There are a lot of options here that the president’s talking about, a $2,000 rebate, and those that would be for families making less than, say, $100,000,” Bessent told host Brian Kilmeade.

Kilmeade asked whether the administration had already chosen to send the checks.

“We haven’t. We haven’t,” Bessent said. “It’s in discussion.”

Moreover, after Trump made the Truth Social post, Bessent went on ABC News’ “This Week” Sunday and said he had not discussed Trump’s plan with him, noting the dividend could come “in lots of forms,” according to ABC News.

“It could be just the tax decreases that we are seeing on the president’s agenda. No tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security, deductibility on auto loans,” he said. “Those are substantial deductions that are being financed in the tax bill.”