"Various members of the Trump administration publicly discussed the $2,000 checks, too. In November, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the White House is "committed" to sending out the checks, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he hoped people wouldn't rush out to spend their $2,000. Trump himself said the tariff checks were still happening while speaking in the Oval Office on December 19."
"However, when New York Times reporters asked Trump for a status update last week, he seemed to have no idea what they were referring to. Times correspondent Katie Rogers began, "You've promised $2000 checks to Americans based off of your tariff revenues. When can -" "I did do that? When did I do that?" Trump interjected. "Well, I mean -" Rogers responded. "Yeah, I'm thinking - well, I did $1776 for the military, right?""
Hundreds of people have accused Donald Trump of promising payments and then refusing to deliver. Two months ago Trump said he would send every American a $2,000 check funded by tariff revenues. Multiple administration officials publicly discussed the checks and urged caution about spending them. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the White House was "committed" to issuing the checks, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discouraged rushing to spend the money. When reporters later asked for a status update, the president appeared not to recall the promise and responded with confusion about the timing and amounts.
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