Former President Donald Trump outlined a bold plan on Truth Social to fund a nationwide dividend through tariffs. He promised:
“A dividend of at least $2,000 per person (excluding high-income earners) will be paid to everyone.”
How the Plan Works
Trump’s strategy is straightforward: tax foreign imports, generate revenue, and return some of it to Americans.
People that are against tariffs are FOOLS! We are now the richest, most respected country in the world, with almost no inflation, and a record stock market price.” He argued:
Additionally, how the money would be distributed remains unclear. Options include tax rebates or healthcare credits, but no official framework exists yet.
Tom always seemed like the guy everyone loved. He had that magnetic energy—always the one bringing cupcakes to the office, remembering your birthday, making everyone laugh with that booming, infectious chuckle. Falling in love with him was effortless. Being loved by him, in the beginning, felt like a dream.
He’d show up with my favorite flowers “just because.” Slip sweet notes into my work bag. Friends called him a unicorn. My sister once asked, half-joking, “Did you find him in a romance novel?” And I believed I’d hit the jackpot.
But the thing about jackpots? They never come without a cost.
Ten years into our marriage, I started realizing that the Tom I lived with wasn’t the same man the world adored. It wasn’t a dramatic shift—no thunderclap of change. Just a slow erosion, like waves grinding down stone. The mask slipped, and what lived underneath it was someone unrecognizable.