White House 'committed' to $2,000 tariff dividend checks for Americans

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00:00Trump has talked about sending out $2,000 checks to U.S. citizens.

00:04Earlier this year, he also talked about sending a Doge dividend.

00:07That didn't materialize.

00:08Should U.S. citizens expect a $2,000 proposal?

00:11Is the White House committed to making that happen?

00:13The White House is committed to making that happen, yes.

00:16And we are currently exploring all legal options to get that done.

00:19I don't have a timeline for you or any further details,

00:22but I can confirm for you that the President made it clear he wants to make it happen.

00:26And so his team of economic advisors are looking into it.

00:29And when we have an update, we'll provide one.

00:31So, Lynn.

00:32You said at the top that one of the costs of the government shutdown

00:35was that people missed their SNAP benefits.

00:39Can you explain then why the administration went to court

00:42to fight the funding of food stamps and SNAP benefits?

00:46So, recipients missed their SNAP benefits

00:49because the Democrats shut the government down.

00:52And they forced the administration to tap into a contingency fund

00:56that did not even fund the full entirety of this program.

01:00And so then you had an unhinged judge

01:02who was trying to dictate from the bench

01:04what the executive branch has to pay for

01:06and where that money has to come from.

01:08That is judicial overreach at its finest.

01:11And so that's why the administration pushed back on that.

01:13We can't have the judicial branch telling the executive branch

01:16that we need to rob the Children Nutrition Fund,

01:19which is what this judge was trying to do,

01:21to pay for SNAP benefits.

01:22That's completely inappropriate and it's unconstitutional.

01:25And we've been proven right with that legal argument.

01:28But now the good news is, again, thanks to Republicans

01:31and in several hours President Trump,

01:33the government is going to be reopened

01:35and SNAP recipients are going to receive their full benefits,

01:39which is what President Trump has always wanted to do.

01:41Stephen.

01:42Why also did you need the judicial process for that?

01:45I mean, during this shutdown,

01:47didn't the administration have a responsibility

01:50to tap into any of those reserves

01:52to ensure that essentially poor people could rely on it?

01:56We did. We did tap into it.

01:58We did tap into the contingency fund.

02:00And then the judge told us,

02:01no, you have to get more money

02:02from a Children's Nutrition Fund.

02:04And we felt that was judicial overreach.

02:06You shouldn't tell the president

02:07which fund he has to rob

02:09because the Democrats are holding the country hostage

02:11by shutting down the federal government.

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