Trump’s Tariff Checks Have Skeptics
A wave of $2,000 checks and a surge of military spending are on the Trump administration’s wishlist for an upcoming budget package, but the ideas face skepticism — if not hostility — from congressional Republicans.
With or without Congress, the White House wants a tranche of $2,000 checks for “working class” Americans, adding to President Donald Trump’s message ahead of the 2026 midterms that “Republicans are trying to put money back in your pocket that Democrats took from you,” James Blair, White House deputy chief of staff, said at a Bloomberg Government event yesterday. ...