The money, supposedly, will be made available to the government thanks to Trump’s controversial tariff scheme. Trump pledged to shell out the above sum to all citizens who don’t fall into the ‘high income’ bracket.

Writing on Truth Social last week, Trump penned: “People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!” he wrote. “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 Trillion.

“Record Investment in the USA, plants and factories going up all over the place.”

He added: “A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.”