As the festive season approaches, Trump has also emphasized

President Donald Trump promised $2,000 to nearly all Americans in a social media post promoting his tariff plan.

In his multi-post speech promoting the tariffs, the president promised: "Everyone will receive a dividend of at least $2,000 per person (except high-income earners!)."

It's unclear when or in what form this payment will be made. The president did not provide any further details about the payment.

The announcement comes just days after Trump attended a lavish dinner party at Mar-a-Lago during the longest government shutdown. While many Americans are turning to food banks during the shutdown, Trump's event included a three-course menu of beef fillet, truffle dauphinoise, pan-seared scallops, and three desserts, including "Trump Chocolate Cake."

"Those who are against tariffs are fools! We are now the richest and most respected country in the world, with near-zero inflation and record-breaking stock market values. 401k balances are at an all-time high," Trump wrote Sunday morning.

We are earning trillions of dollars and will soon begin paying down our massive $37 trillion debt. Record investment is taking place in America, with plants and factories being built everywhere."

Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a petition challenging President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. Three lower courts had already ruled that his use of emergency powers to impose the tariffs was illegal.

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The justices appeared skeptical of his tariff plan. Since this important case is in their hands, Trump posted that he believes the tariffs should remain in place.

"So, let's be clear??? In a separate post on Truth Social on Sunday morning, the president wrote, "The President of the United States is allowed to stop all trade with a foreign country (which is much more difficult than imposing tariffs!) and to grant licenses to a foreign country (and fully approved by Congress!), but he is not allowed to impose even simple tariffs on a foreign country for national security."

"This is not what our great Founding Fathers had in mind! This is absurd! Other countries can impose tariffs on us, but we can't impose tariffs on them??? That's their dream!!!" Tariffs are the reason businesses are coming to America. Wasn't this told to the US Supreme Court??? What the hell is going on???" he continued.

As the festive season approaches, Trump has also emphasized affordability.

"Affordability is the stronghold of the Republican Party," Trump claimed on Truth Social on Wednesday. "Hopefully, Republicans will use this irrefutable fact!"

His claims were sharply criticized by social media users, who pointed out that Walmart's 2025 meal basket is cheaper this year because it includes fewer items and different, lower-priced items than last year.

The president's emphasis on affordability came to the fore again this week when Democrats won several key elections across the country on Tuesday, including New York City's newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who campaigned on lowering the city's cost of living.

The president's emphasis on affordability came to the fore again this week when Democrats won several key elections across the country on Tuesday, including New York City's newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who campaigned on lowering the city's cost of living. He campaigned on lowering the cost of living. He campaigned on lowering the cost of living. White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair told Politico this week: "People talk about communists, they can say all these things, but the truth is he was talking about the cost of living."

Nevertheless, Trump said on Friday that he thinks the Democrats' message on the issue is "a fraud."

The president said, "It was a fraud, a fraud by the Democrats, they call it a fraud. The Democrats are experts at certain things, like election fraud and deceiving people with facts that aren't true."