Trump Defends Policy with $2,000 ‘Dividend’ Promise Amid Supreme Court Scrutiny

Donald Trump forcefully defended his aggressive tariff policy—which he claims has made the US the “richest” and “most respected” country—by calling opponents “fools” and promising a $2,000 “dividend” to nearly every American from the collected tariff revenues, all while his authority to impose sweeping tariffs under a 1977 national emergency law faces sharp legal questioning by the US Supreme Court.