ISTANBUL
After US citizens get $2,000 “dividend” checks from higher tariff proceeds paid to the US government, the rest of the “massive” tariff income will be used to “substantially” pay down the national debt, US President Donald Trump said on his social media website Monday.
“All money left over from the $2000 payments made to low and middle income USA Citizens, from the massive Tariff Income pouring into our Country from foreign countries, which will be substantial, will be used to SUBSTANTIALLY PAY DOWN NATIONAL DEBT,” Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform, which he owns.
Trump has proposed providing $2,000 to most Americans, financed through higher tariff revenues generated under his…