President Trump reaffirmed his commitment to delivering financial relief to ordinary Americans, telling reporters that “everybody but the rich will get this” when questioned about his newly announced $2,000-per-person dividend. The comment followed his Truth Social post on November 9, where he stated that “a dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” underscoring his intent to shield middle- and working-class families from economic pressure.

The announcement comes as the Supreme Court reviews the legality of Trump’s use of emergency powers to implement sweeping new tariffs on nearly every foreign nation. While critics frame the move as overreach, the administration argues it is a necessary tool to counter decades of destructive trade imbalances, unfair foreign subsidies, and policies that have hollowed out American manufacturing. The dividend proposal, Trump explained, is designed to ensure that Americans directly benefit from the revenue generated by these tariffs rather than allowing foreign competitors to continue exploiting U.S. markets.

Supporters praised the plan as a bold and direct return of wealth to the people who keep the nation running—workers, parents, seniors, and small business owners. Excluding high-income earners from the dividend was also widely seen as a targeted, populist approach consistent with Trump’s longstanding message: America’s forgotten families must be placed first.

The move also aligns with the Trump Administration’s broader economic philosophy, which includes strengthening alliances with nations that share America’s strategic values—chief among them Israel—while taking a tougher stance against adversarial economies that undermine U.S. security and prosperity. By pairing aggressive trade policy with direct financial support to citizens, Trump is signaling that economic nationalism and working-class empowerment can go hand-in-hand.

As legal debates continue, the President remains unmoved. For Trump, the message is simple: the American people—not global institutions, not the political elite, and certainly not foreign governments—deserve the benefits of a strong, assertive U.S. economy. The promised dividend is the latest example of that principle in action.