Trump vows $2,000 'dividend' for Americans, blasts Supreme Court over 'ridiculous' tariff case
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. We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37…
— Commentary: Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) November 9, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump on Sunday, November 9, promised to issue a $2,000 “dividend” to most Americans in a bid to rally public support for his controversial tariff policy, even as the Supreme Court weighs the legality of his sweeping trade powers.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that the payments would exclude high earners and boasted that tariffs had made the US “the richest, most respected country in the World.”
“A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high-income people!) will be paid to everyone,” Trump wrote. “People that are against tariffs are FOOLS!”
Trump lashes out at Supreme Court over tariff case
Trump responded to the hearing with a fiery online post attacking the court’s reasoning.
“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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…
— Commentary: Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) November 9, 2025
He continued, “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?”
The president also cited in another post record market highs, surging 401(k)s, and a drop in inflation, saying the country was generating “trillions of dollars” through tariffs that would help pay down the national debt.
The outburst came as the administration’s legal team, led by Solicitor General Dean John Sauer, argued in the Supreme Court this week that the tariffs were regulatory measures, not taxes, and therefore fell within the president’s authority to regulate foreign commerce.
But critics say the move represents a vast overreach. Neal Katyal, representing private companies opposing the tariffs, told the court, “Tariffs are taxes. They take dollars from Americans’ pockets and deposit them in the US Treasury. Our founders gave that taxing power to Congress alone.”
The court, dominated by a conservative supermajority appointed largely by Trump himself, is expected to issue a ruling by July 2026.
Trump’s outburst after Supreme Court skepticism
Trump’s announcement came days after the Supreme Court heard arguments challenging his authority to impose global tariffs under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
The case, which could reshape the limits of presidential power on trade, has drawn rare bipartisan scrutiny.
Even the court’s conservative justices questioned the administration’s position. “The vehicle is the imposition of taxes on Americans, and that has always been a core power of Congress,” Chief Justice John Roberts said.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was blunter: “You want to say tariffs are not taxes, but that’s exactly what they are.”
Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson suggested that Congress had clearly intended IEEPA to limit, not expand, presidential authority.
“It’s pretty clear that Congress was trying to constrain the emergency powers of the president,” she said.
