about $2,000 tariff dividend<\/a> checks to American families below an unspecified income level next year.<\/p>\nBut that effort likely faces an uphill battle in clearing Congress and potential trouble from the Supreme Court, after a majority of justices appears to express skepticism over his use of\u00a0International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) powers to impose the tariffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trump did not mention his tariff dividend plan in his national address on Wednesday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Donald Trump salutes members of the military during a dignified transfer of the remains of two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., December. 17, 2025. REUTERS<\/p>\n
The checks to service members come as Trump is trying to ramp up his message on affordability issues.<\/p>\n
Last month, Democrats swept the off-year elections, largely on a message about the rising cost of living in the country. Democrats\u2019 strong performance fueled GOP fears that they are on the verge of facing a midterm drubbing next year.<\/p>\n
Trump used most of his speech to tout his various efforts aimed at boosting affordability. He also dedicated a significant portion of his roughly 20-minute address to ding Democrats\u2019 past handling of the economy as he seeks to reclaim the issue.<\/p>\n
A member of the U.S. Army\u2019s 40th Infantry Division from California, and members of the 49th Military Police Brigade from California, part of the Army National Guard military police brigade in Happy Valley, Oregon, U.S., October 22, 2025. REUTERS<\/p>\n
\u201cEleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I\u2019m fixing it,\u201d he declared in the address, which took place in the\u00a0Diplomatic Reception Room adorned with festive Christmas decorations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In addition to paying homage to the country\u2019s founding with the Independence Day-themed $1,776 check, Trump also took note of how next year will be America\u2019s 250th anniversary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re poised for an economic boom the likes of which the world has never seen,\u201d Trump declared. \u201cSoon, we will host the World Cup and the Olympics, both of which I got, but most importantly, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere could be no more fitting tribute to this epic milestone than to complete the comeback of America that began just one year ago,\u201d he went on. \u201d\u00a0We are respected again like we have never been respected before. Each and every one of you,\u00a0have\u00a0a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. God bless you\u00a0all!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump proudly\u00a0revealed\u00a0that his administration is doling out Independence Day-themed $1,776 \u201cwarrior dividend\u201d checks to service members before…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12565,153,661,9,11,10,87,58,5561],"class_list":{"0":"post-74187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-military","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-us-news","16":"tag-white-house"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}