Trump wants to pay US citizens ‘dividends’ of at least US$2,000 each
US President Donald Trump says the government will pay most citizens a “dividend” of at least US$2,000 each, in a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday.
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Only high-income citizens are to be excluded, he wrote, without specifying income levels or a timeline.
Trump’s post comes nearly a week after Democrats scored gains across the country in numerous local and state races, notably winning the governorships in New Jersey and Virginia and overturning Republican seats at a utility commission in Georgia, a heavily Republican state.
Following the election, criticism has emerged within Trump’s own ranks that he has not been paying enough attention to his core voters, whom he had promised, in his campaign, a reduction in the cost of living.
US inflation has remained high and is stuck at around 3 per cent, leading many people across the country to complain about higher prices.
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In his post, Trump praised the US economy, saying that tariffs would bring in “trillions of dollars”, which could soon be used to start paying off the country’s enormous debt.