Trump guarantees $2,000 funds to most Americans throughout Sunday morning Truth Social posting spree | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump promised to pay many Americans $2,000 as he touted his tariff plan in a Sunday morning Truth Social posting spree.

As a part of his multi-post rant touting tariffs, the president promised: “ A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.”

It’s not instantly clear when that fee would come or who qualifies as “high income.” The president talked about no different particulars in regards to the fee.

The announcement comes a day after Trump attended a lavish feast at Mar-a-Lago because the longest-ever authorities shutdown drags on. As many Americans flip to meals banks in the course of the shutdown, the occasion Trump attended featured a three-course menu of beef filet, truffle dauphinoise, pan-seared scallops and a trio of desserts, together with “Trump chocolate cake.”

“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. 401k’s are Highest EVER,” Trump wrote Sunday morning.

“We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion. Record Investment in the USA, plants and factories going up all over the place.”

The Supreme Court final week heard arguments within the problem to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Three decrease courts have already dominated that his use of emergency powers to impose the levies had been unlawful.

The justices appeared skeptical of his tariff plan. As the high-stakes case is of their arms, Trump posted about why he believes the tariffs ought to stay in place.

“So, let’s get this straight??? The President of the United States is allowed (and fully approved by Congress!) to stop ALL TRADE with a Foreign Country (Which is far more onerous than a Tariff!), and LICENSE a Foreign Country, but is not allowed to put a simple Tariff on a Foreign Country, even for purposes of NATIONAL SECURITY,” the president wrote in a separate Truth Social put up Sunday morning.

“That is NOT what our great Founders had in mind! The whole thing is ridiculous! Other Countries can Tariff us, but we can’t Tariff them??? It is their DREAM!!! Businesses are pouring into the USA ONLY BECAUSE OF TARIFFS. HAS THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT NOT BEEN TOLD THIS??? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON???” he continued.

Trump has additionally emphasised a push for affordability as the vacation season nears.

The president claimed that Walmart’s Thanksgiving dinner this 12 months was “down 25 percent since under Sleepy/Crooked Joe Biden.”

“AFFORDABILITY is a Republican Stronghold,” Trump claimed on Truth Social Wednesday. “Hopefully, Republicans will use this irrefutable fact!”

Trump’s claims had been swiftly met with criticism from social media customers, who identified that Walmart’s 2025 meal basket is cheaper this 12 months as a result of it’s providing fewer gadgets and completely different, much less expensive gadgets than in final 12 months’s basket.

The president’s concentrate on affordability appears to have been renewed this week after Democrats clinched key elections throughout the nation, together with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who campaigned on reducing the price of dwelling within the metropolis.

James Blair, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, informed Politico this week: “Why did Zohran Mamdani do so well last night? He relentlessly focused on affordability.” He added: “People talk about communists, they can say all these things, but the fact is he was talking about the cost of living.”

Still, Trump mentioned Friday that he thought Democrats’ messaging on the problem was a “con job.”

“It was a con job, affordability, they call it, was a con job by the Democrats. The Democrats are good at a few things, cheating in elections and conning people with facts that aren’t true,’” the president mentioned.