Trump says surprise rebate checks could be coming thanks to tariff revenue

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Staten Island Advance/SiLive

Published: Jul. 25, 2025, 6:45 p.m.


President Donald Trump’s on Friday said that he’s considering issuing rebate checks to Americans that would be paid out of the revenue generated by increased tariffs on other countries, CBS News reported. “We’re thinking about a little rebate. But the big thing we want to do is pay down debt. But we’re thinking about a rebate,” Trump told reporters before leaving for a four-day visit to Scotland.

The president said that the rebate could be “for people of a certain income level,” but he didn’t specify what income threshold he’s considering. The federal government has collected about $100 billion in tariff revenue since the Trump administration instituted its higher import duties earlier this year.

That figure could increase to about $300 billion per year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria” earlier this week. It’s not the first time that Trump in his second White House term has pitched the idea of issuing rebate checks to Americans.

The president in February said that he was looking at using 20% of the savings from Elon Musk’s cost-cutting task force, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to provide direct payments to taxpayers. Those checks have not materialized, with House Republicans saying that they were concerned that such payments could increase the national deficit.

Read more: https://www.silive.com/politics/2025/07/trump-says-surprise-rebate-checks-could-be-coming-thanks-to-tariff-revenue.html

[eShirl]

1. worried about his popularity

[bluestarone]

125. yep, and also maybe

Trying to BUY votes? (i'm sure about this)

[Beachnutt]

2. He is desperately trying to get folks on his side

he knows he is losing support bigly.
IMO he will offer more and more to people and who knows what stunt he'll pull to distract.

[OrlandoDem2]

3. Buying support. Driving up the debt. Tariffs were supposed to pay down the debt.

[Nictuku]

131. Now wants to sue Harris for paying for endorsements or some such bs. Irony is dead

[Lovie777]

4. CBS.............

farmers still waiting on the monies promised by shithole and cronies?

It's tax payer's monies.

How long before GM and other corporate businesses begin to fail?

[johnnyfins]

5. Please.

The LAST thing they are gonna do is pay down debt.

[The Madcap]

15. Maybe HIS debt.

The people of this country are going to pay for it.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. A check signed by Trump instead of a credit on the tax return

Obviously this is political theater.

[uncle ray]

16. he's gonna wear out a lot of sharpies drawing naked girls on the checks.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. LOL

[customerserviceguy]

100. We saw how much he liked it

with the Covid-era checks. If there's anything that he knows, it's prop humor. Even Carrot Top is amazed.

[The Wizard]

7. Just more dissembling. (NT)

[Irish_Dem]

8. He is buying the next elections. And adding the cost to the national debt.

[cstanleytech]

10. Bingo!!!

[travelingthrulife]

26. Worked last time he did it.

At least we know that these people would completely destroy our government for $2000.00. No job anymore, but a Trump signed check...might be worth something some day.

[Irish_Dem]

29. They sold out our democracy for $2000.

Stupid bastards.

[CrispyQ]

39. Hey! We can just declare bankruptcy like he did...six times.

Back in my working days I was always surprised how much employee loyalty a few free meals would buy & that it made up for the 2% raise we all got the same year the company reported great profits. Working as an executive assistant for a few years was one of the more difficult jobs I had, & not work wise. Seeing the compensation the execs got, via pay, stocks, & expense reports, was nauseating. Omg, the things that got approved on expense reports!

[Irish_Dem]

48. Yes the elite always makes out like bandits.

The rest of us scrape by and have to follow all the laws and rules.

[cstanleytech]

9. What a liar.

[Vinca]

11. Trump's answer to everything is send the masses a few crumbs in a check. Then he goes about his business

draining the treasury.

[Lovie777]

12. Draining human life................

[CrispyQ]

41. Regarding crumbs, read my post #39.

Why are people so short sighted? Why are they so willing to settle? I think the answer is, they're too comfortable to fight for more. ???

[Vinca]

44. That was a good post and exactly right. They get gold, we get crumbs.

[CrispyQ]

49. Years ago a mid-level manager told me he realized he wasn't sitting at the banquet table, so...

he decided to position himself in the best place to get the best crumbs & when he looked around the country those places were blue states. Ever since then I've pictured the working class as little mice under the table, scurrying for the crumbs the rich drop. Same as it ever was.

Happy Saturday!

[Trust_Reality]

54. "mice under the table, scurrying for the crumbs the rich drop"

Good description of trickle down economics.

[twodogsbarking]

13. Not to beat a dead horse (live horses should not be beat) but he is conducting business while President

and the taxpayers pay for it all, including his thugalongs and the secret service. Someone make this more of an issue. Oh wait, that will never happen. Sorry.

[Historic NY]

14. In about two weeks....

I presume.

[doc03]

17. One of his MAGA supporters told me last week everyone is supposed to get a

$2000 stimulus check in August. I just said I had never heard anything about it.

[Ritabert]

21. They dangled that idea a few months ago ...

....but it wouldn't go out to anybody who isn't paying taxes so low income people would get nothing.

[mwb970]

25. And what will he say when it doesn't happen?

I assume it will be Biden's fault. Or Obama's.

[LymphocyteLover]

91. it will disappear down the memory hole like a million other lies he's told

[sinkingfeeling]

19. More bulls**t. Why wouldn't all that excess revenue go to paying down the debt?

Weren't tariffs going to pay for billionaires' tax cuts?

[Bengus81]

20. And those middle class tax cuts promised by Trump 5-6 years ago will be here soon too

All theater,all BS.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. In 2 weeks!!1!!11!11!!

Bank on it!!!!111!!!!1!

[Monsieur_Grumpe]

23. Money Can't Buy You Love Dummy

[Trust_Reality]

55. But apparently is can buy votes from a lot of short sighted people.

[mwb970]

24. Now he's trying to bribe the public.

He's really sinking now!

[Walleye]

27. Maybe he doesn't know, but Congress is out until September. He can't do anything until then.

[Trust_Reality]

56. Not legally perhaps. But that's not how he functions.

[Justice matters.]

62. Congress, shmugress, like the pedofelon cares...

It would not be the first time he rapes the constitution.

[Walleye]

72. Yes, I was thinking the same thing as since I wrote that

[eppur_se_muova]

28. Total BS. Steal with one hand, give with the other (minus a little off the top, of course). nt

[FakeNoose]

96. The Social Security Administration just announced they're doing away with "paper" checks

Last edited Sun Jul 27, 2025, 07:52 PM - Edit history (1)

How does Chump plan to "mail out" these non-existent checks? Oh yeah, he's got the barely-functioning Postal Service and he hasn't killed them off yet.

[bullimiami]

30. So he's going to give a little bit of our tariff money back.

With his name on the check.
And a letter that brags about his generosity.

He sure loves to spend opm.

[Bayard]

69. That's it

And people will fall for it. Tariffs will pay for everything!

[azureblue]

31. yeah, right, sure.

More Trump lies to cover his lies. What he always does when he gets in a jam.
Nothing from pedo Don about the massive debt he created.

[Norrrm]

32. "Revenue" he says..."tariffs on other countries"... It's a Trump tax paid by Americans.

[meow2u3]

33. Hell will freeze over before we ever see one red cent from him

[cstanleytech]

34. Oh, we will probably see something but there isn't any way in hell it's money raised from the Republican Taxes.

[Trust_Reality]

61. I disagree. It worked last time. A check with his name on it will buy a lot of votes from ...

people who are struggling so much that they cannot see beyond next month's rent and their ongoing medical bills.

[chouchou]

35. The Republicans will wait until it's election time!

Nice and fresh in the minds of MAGA's.

[Paladin]

36. I love the smell of desperation in the morning. (nt)

[bluedigger]

37. And ponies, too!

[niyad]

38. redeemable in crypto only, no doubt.

And I want the documentation on exactly where that money supposedly came from.

[Karadeniz]

40. No plan to reimburse fairly....

[Hugin]

42. So, the tariffs are a pyramid scam?

Figures.

[Trust_Reality]

63. Ah. Good observation.

[LaRaven]

43. Yeah right. He just says stuff like this to reign in his followers.

I want to know WHO got the millions from his extortions with CBS, Columbia, etc.?

[Justice matters.]

65. Like 'his' flying 1-Trillion Golden Palace, they go to 'his' bookless library

or the only book in there will be Epstein's birthday book?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. Tariffs are taxes collected from US citizens.

trump is proposing giving back money he took from Americans

[Botany]

101. Tariff revenue doesn't come from foreign nations or companies it comes from Americans paying..

.. more on foreign produced products such as generic drugs and O.T.C. Medicines that are
produced in China.

Does Krasnov even know that and he is just lying or is he just out to lunch?

[Kid Berwyn]

46. Forget about Epstein!

Money solves problems.

[greatauntoftriplets]

47. I'll believe it when I see it.

[patphil]

50. Give the peasents a few dollars, and they won't realize that it came from their own pockets.

We get fleeced for $100 billion to help finance the gigantic tax cut for the rich, and are expected to feel good when we get a few dollars back.
Trump still thinks he can fool us into believing that other countries pay the tariff on imported goods.
So, that $100 billion came out of our pockets. It's a sales tax, nothing less.

[Trust_Reality]

66. Trump defines (his own) reality by declaring it.

If he says it comes from other countries, then that seems to be very real for him. Is he a con man or an idiot?
Hmm, I guess he is a 34 times convicted fraudster.

[twodogsbarking]

51. If your name ends is "ez" you will get a check but when you go to cash it you will be deported, (which actually means

being kidnapped and sent to Florida).

[Trust_Reality]

67. Sounds like a strategy his ICE czar would love.

[twodogsbarking]

75. I am guessing they have a computer generated "last name list" that the go by.

If my memory serves me "hispanic" (Latino) is listed separate from "white" and "black" when identifying yourself. They just want to keep track of whole numbers not individuals. I never believed that. That's crap and that is wrong. Bernie has used that sentence. He was talkin about big business.

[C_U_L8R]

52. So... you steal a dollar from me

And give me 10 cents back.

Thanks a fuckload, Trump.

[twodogsbarking]

77. After we get the ten cents we will lose another dollar and any national dignity that we ever had. But yeah.

[Texin]

53. Good lord.

[emulatorloo]

57. LOOK A SQUIRREL!

[taxi]

58. A rebate. A rebate, like when you buy a specific item

a rebate would return some money to you. The first qualifier is to show you purchased that specific item, or perhaps a quantity of that item. The question here becomes who qualifies for the rebate and what is the threshold before you can apply?

[ananda]

59. The biggest victory for corporate-wealthy class...

was to get people to hate the wrong people
and believe in utterly insane policies and falsehoods.

[Torchlight]

60. Empty promises to change the subject from Trump & Epstein's behavior

His word is as airtight as air.

[JT45242]

64. It would likely trigger automatic cuts to Medicare and Medicaid because of the deficit

The grift and cruelty would make him doubly happy...

They would vote for rethugs in the midterms then die from lack of healthcare.

[Javaman]

68. So now comes the bribes

“Here’s some money, forget all about this Epstein nonsense! Take the money, buy something special for your spouse!…if you know what’s good for you”

[hatrack]

70. New Coke!! Buttery Males!! Obama!! Free Money!! Clenis!!

It's not working, fuckstick.

[Wiz Imp]

71. OK. Let's take the tariff revenue which will be FAR lower than the tax revenue that was cut meaning the Treasury

is already far lower than it was under Biden, and then give more money away, causing the debt to skyrocket even further.

Oh and let me guess, the amount of your rebate is based on your net worth/net income meaning most of the rebate money would go to billionaires? (I'd like to think I'm joking with that sentence, but I can definitely see Trump wanting to do it that way).

Unfortunately, this blatantly obvious bribe would work on some people, but I'm willing to bet it won't work nearly as well as he thinks it would.

[Polybius]

73. Cool, Staten Island Advance/SiLive!

My town!

[Crowman2009]

74. Will this be after the DOGE checks?

More total BS from the orange pedo! Only this won't stick to wall now that everyone wants the Epstein files released.

[Martin68]

76. Hedging his bets Trump says there might be a little rebar but it might be used to pay down the debt.

What a weasel!

[maspaha]

78. Lying mother f-er

Sorry to insult mother f-ers

[UpInArms]

79. Look! A shiny thing!

Squirrel!

[rurallib]

80. They will force Democrats in congress to vote against this measure

And of course play it forever in 2026. Muthafuckers

[BlueKota]

81. I'll be sure and put it in the same drawer

as my imaginary checks from George Soros, that I receive for voting for Democrats, and my equally imaginary Obama phone.

This promise will disappear like all the other ones, as if it were never made.

[Sneederbunk]

82. I will use it to buy some eggs.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

83. I just brought in my mail. Nope, no check yet.

Maybe it was stolen from my mailbox by some illegal robbin' rapin' alien!

I did see someone on the sidewalk, pretending to walk their dog. Hmm ....

[Figarosmom]

84. When he cant get people to like him

He always tries to buy them.

[ImNotGod]

85. In tRumps world we are the sparrows picking the seeds out of the horse droppings nt

[Pas-de-Calais]

86. I will believe when

1-Received
2-Bank accepts
3-Doesn’t bounce

[FakeNoose]

87. Why doesn't he just say that the "tariff revenue" was paid by us Americans

Every time we buy something that's been imported recently, the price increase we're paying is due to the tariffs.

We're ALL paying more, even those of us on fixed incomes that can't afford it. He's TAKING it from us without our consent, and then giving it back to a few lucky ones.

[jmowreader]

88. Attempt #752 to get people to forget the Epstein Files

[dobleremolque]

89. I'd be as surprised if I got a Trump check as I would be

if I got a Soros check.

[wolfie001]

90. "Skilled Workers" lol

Just like his "escort" wife.

[LymphocyteLover]

92. Trump says a lot of stupid shit. I will bet good money this never happens.

[Initech]

93. Yeah where's all this money coming from, exactly?

We have no money to keep USAID or the IRS open, but we have money for this? WTF.

[maxsolomon]

94. HORSE SHIT

BULL SHIT

[3825-87867]

95. SO, he's giving us bac SOME of the money WE paid for no reason...

but some businesses, card companies, lending institutions and probably trumps secret coffers have used to glean proffts from taxes that shouldn't have been pain in the first place.

Great gig! Get extra money from us rubes, invest it for a number of months, collect interest from it then give back a small percentage of the principle telling us he's doing it for us. Illegal? No. Credit card companies do it every day but the gov supposedly isn't legally allowed to do that. Of course, with Don Capone, anything goes so long as he and his ilk can benefit.

[phxjurist]

97. "Considering" "thinking" "didn't specify" "looking into"

Don't count on it.

[Battle Blue]

98. Here's $5 Now Shut Up About Billionaire Tax Breaks (and Espstein)

[1WorldHope]

109. Sarcasm?

[mercuryblues]

120. I read it that way

I read it as trump saying that to his maggots... I sent you money, now STF up.

Because seriously, $5 is about all we will get, after trumps share.

[1WorldHope]

121. Me too.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

124. Welcome to DU

[Godot51]

99. Pie

There'll be pie in the sky when we die...

[Scrivener7]

102. Bread and circuses ain't gonna save you, Cankles.

[Evolve Dammit]

103. Fuck him and his fucking surprises. Suckers and losers are just strung along hoping for a crumb.

[Mblaze]

104. A tsunami of foolishness.

[DallasNE]

105. Trump Is Looking At The Flashing Lights Of Recession

And this is one way to prime the pump of spending to ward off the recession. Too little, too late.

[Turbineguy]

106. Oh, look, a flying saucer!

[hildegaard28]

107. Or he

Could just end the tariffs, and then people won’t have to pay the excess tax on their consumption.

[proud patriot]

108. ha ha ha ha ha ha

I do not believe it for a minute

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

110. He also could be lying

That's the more likely of the two.

[mntleo2]

111. Yeah, yeah, yeah ...

...tell me something that is not a big pile of BS. Sheesh!
Cat in Seattle

[Linda Ed]

112. Just another lie . He can give my

rebate to those children and people in GAZA who have not eaten in DAYS!!!!

[turbinetree]

113. This jerk reminds of this shell game...............

The Shell Game (Magic Trick Explained)

[Skittles]

114. LOL, MORE EPSTEIN FALLOUT

[tclambert]

115. Rebates will only go to people who refuse to talk about Jeffrey Epstein

[Akakoji]

116. So full of Jobby!

No check will ever materialize. For him to even mention paying down debt is even worse! The only place that money will come from is his stupid MAGA supporters.

[Brainfodder]

117. Sorry, I need more JEFFREY EPSTEIN dopamine hits, meanwhile he still has no clue on tariffs??

[Dem2theMax]

118. If it happens, which it won't,

but if it does, I'll donate mine to PBS.
And I live on less money per month than that $2,000.
But I'll still donate it, because it would feel so good to do so.

[Magoo48]

119. Horseshit and gunsmoke.

[Codifer]

122. I must wonder.

What amount of money (with a "B&quot would it take for this carnival barker to just GO AWAY?

But what is that old saw?...... "After you pay the Danegelt, how do you get rid of the Dane?"

[Rocknation]

123. Well, the last time Pesident DuhDon financially stimulated us mere constitutent types

he gave us only $600 of the $2000 each that was available -- upon being elected, Biden gave us the rest


Rocknation

[bluestarone]

126. Another one of his famous i'll cause a problem, the i'll look like i'll fix the problem.

If this rebate comes, we should all donate to lawyers attempting to get Epstein files and videos released!!

[Jilly_in_VA]

127. Yeah, sure

to his billionaire buddies. Not to us.

[Rebl2]

128. Not holding

my breath on that one

[truthisfreedom]

129. Buying votes again, like the recent musk million dollar giveaways

And the Covid-era PPP loans which instantly became grants. Using our tax dollars to secure more repuke footholds on power in government. Pure corruption. Just restore the Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security that’s been dodge-damaged and STOP USING OUR MONEY TO BUY VOTES.

[stollen]

130. Plan for the DOW to break a record

in that case. Anything to benefit the base now.

[mike_c]

132. he is lying, of course

My wife's family and her kids are all Trumpsters. When she asked her son why, he said "because we can never get ahead in this economy" and "Trump's gonna fix that, starting with checks for everyone." She asked him a couple weeks ago how that was working out, and he said he "hasn't gotten any government checks yet," but he still thinks they're going to arrive soon.

Rebates for everyone is just another smoke screen to keep the rubes in line.

[AntiFascist]

133. 'Let them eat rebates' n/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

134. Maddow Blog-Trump's treasury secretary says he sees 'a backdoor for privatizing Social Security'

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just said the quiet part out loud: The administration is scheming to privatize Social Security,” the DNC said.

Scott Bessent, Trump’s Treasury secretary, said he sees part of the Republicans’ megabill as “a backdoor for privatizing Social Security.”

It was interesting to see Democrats waste no time in offering “five-alarm fire” reactions. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-07-30T20:06:03.549Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-treasury-secretary-says-sees-backdoor-privatizing-social-securi-rcna222062

When the Republican Party’s domestic policy megabill — the inaptly named One Big Beautiful Bill Act — was still taking shape in May, GOP officials were determined to include a provision about investing $1,000 on behalf of every American baby born over the next four years.....

As Politico reported, the White House Cabinet apparently likes them anyway:

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday framed the president’s new ‘Trump accounts’ as a transformative tool for long-term wealth building and a ‘backdoor for privatizing Social Security.’ Bessent said the new tax-deferred investment accounts, which were created by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax law earlier this month, could be a way to boost financial literacy and young voters’ engagement in the economy.

The logic of Bessent’s perspective was difficult to follow. According to his pitch at a Brietbart event in Washington, D.C., the treasury secretary believes young people will be less likely to “want to bring down the system” — and vote for candidates such as Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in New York City’s mayoral race — if they’re literally invested in the market.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh/post/3lv77cuzqn42c

Link to tweet

Bessent added, “In a way, it is a backdoor for privatizing Social Security. If, all of a sudden, these accounts grow and you have in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for your retirement, that’s a game-changer, too.”

The Cabinet secretary didn’t elaborate on why, exactly, he thinks this is a “backdoor” for privatizing Social Security, or why the Trump administration sees privatizing Social Security as a worthwhile policy goal — though I'm certainly looking forward to his future comments on the subject. (The accounts included in the megabill won’t have any direct impact on Social Security benefits.)....

Brandon Weathersby, a spokesperson for American Bridge 21st Century, a super PAC aligned with Democratic politics, pushed a similar line: “Republicans think if they make the SSA inoperable by firing critical staffers and make it nearly impossible to get the help you need, they can deem it all beyond repair and privatize the entire program, so their billionaire friends can make a fortune off the backs of some of the most vulnerable Americans. ... Scott Bessent just admitted what Trump and Republicans have been hiding all along: Their plan was never to protect and strengthen Social Security; it was to dismantle it, take benefits away from seniors and the working-class, and turn the program into a cash cow for the ultra-rich.”

I have a hunch the public hasn’t heard the last of Bessent’s quote.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

135. Just like there was going to be a Doge refund.