When it comes to those $2,000 stimulus checks, Trump said in February that he is "looking at it very seriously."

Claims about new stimulus checks, IRS direct deposits, relief payments and tariff dividends spread throughout 2025 — and they’re still circulating in 2026. But is there any truth to them?

President Trump previously suggested issuing "tariff dividend" checks. After the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs policy, that's unlikely, experts say.

Trump announced the idea of rebates in November, writing on Truth Social that a check of “at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone” using revenue collected from his tariffs. He later said that any leftover money would be used to “SUBSTANTIALLY” pay down the nation’s around $38 trillion national debt.