President Donald Trump’s proposal to send Americans $2,000 checks funded by his sweeping tariffs is under fire for not adding up.
Trump, 79, pledged to send rebates to U.S. citizens who are “low and middle income.”
The president did not provide any specifics in his Truth Social post on Monday about what qualified for the income levels, but he wrote that whatever is left over could be used to pay down the debt.
Of *course* he struggles with basic math. Don’t you remember when he promised to bring drug prices down by 1500%?
InternationalWin2850 on
Woah, slow down there Donnie! I haven’t even cashed my $5,000 DOGE check yet! Too much winning!
Colonel-Mooseknuckle on
You mean this math genius?
*”And we’re gonna be reducing drug costs over the next year, year and a half, by not 50 or 60% – by 1,000%.”*
*-Diddlin’ Donnie*
Radic_Allef_Tist on
By the word of dozens of people in his life — from professors to authors to his own Cabinet — Trump is a fucking moron. Always has been.
Conservatives love electing fucking morons.
Sad-Conclusion8276 on
Useful Idiots don’t require basic skills.
GreenTrees797 on
It’s made up shit, who is trying to math it out?
EndoExo on
1. Make things more expensive with tariffs
2. Throw borrowed money at the economy
3. Inflation go *brrrr*
JuanTunomore on
…hey, the guy who lies all the time is promising bribes…err…”refund checks”! How about we take that a step further and stop paying taxes altogether to show our government how much we love them?
mcs5280 on
Every time he opens his mouth my will to continue drops by another 1500%
Designer-Contract852 on
I mean if he’s claiming tariffs are bringing in billions of trillions of dollars, then I want a 10k check.
PWL51 on
What does it matter. Absolutely nobody will see a single cent. Tariffs are a form of tax that will be paid by the consumers. People need to understand that the guy is a con man and he knows his MAGA knuckle dragging supporters believe every word he poops out. He’s so full of shit his skin color should be brown not painted on orange.
TheWeirdByproduct on
The Daily Beast keeps insisting on Trump, 79. Hope it works out for them and doesn’t become one of the many ineffectual framings of the criminal in chief.
PoetryJunior1808 on
Math!? He can’t even form a coherent sentence.
Competitive_Yam7702 on
He doesnt care. Because he knows hes not gonna pay out. DOGE payments anyone?
doktorhollywood on
because he’s senile and stupid.
Northern_Ice_2501 on
Are all the emergencies to national security over? Fentanyl crisis all good? Asking for Canada.
No-Cup-8096 on
25th Amendment is looking good.
Grouchy_Row_7983 on
He doesn’t struggle with math as much as he struggles with basic truth. There is no plan to do this. It’s a distraction.
Interesting-Risk6446 on
If you stop testing for COVID-19, there would no new cases.
RaisinOverall9586 on
The GOP is going to try and drag this out to the mid-terms, guaranteed; “Vote GOP or else you won’t get your $2000 check.”
Sad_Confection5902 on
“Trump struggles with basic…”
Let me stop you right there. Has there ever been anyone in power who knows less about anything than this guy?
He literally knows one thing… that when he has the financial upper hand, he can say and do whatever he wants. Then he replaces actual knowledge with bluster, which morons confuse because his bully tactics work.
At the end of the day, we have a billionaire in the body of a petulant child destroying everything in his path. And the fucking media normalizes all of this because they want in on the grift.
dallasdude on
“The $2,000 is money you already got from collective benefits from the big beautiful bill”
You might think, hey, that’s absurd. But it’s what the Treasury Secretary actually said on TV today.
_tobiasrieper on
I struggle with basic math as well, but I’m also mentally disabled and a giant pothead.
The man in charge of the world’s most expensive military probably shouldn’t be on the same level as a mentally handicapped stoner.
nuckle on
Don’t blame his stupidity on his age.
CurrentlyLucid on
Really? I figured a guy talking about 1500% discounts was real sharp.
Far_Adeptness9884 on
The only thing he doesn’t struggle with is lying.
_Doodad_ on
Sooooo… Not to rain on the absolutely stable genius’s parade…
But I’m gonna… Where is this nearly $1 trillion coming from? Have we taxed ourselves so much in the last few months, that this scheme to get rid of the tax money, by giving it back to us… Is the only way to handle that high of federal revenue?
No other way huh? None? Just zero?
Not even something stupid like SNAP? Or, social security? Or Medicare? Medicaid? Or ACA SUBSIDIES???
No? Nothing like that? Just give it away yeah?
Or FEMA? Forest Wildfire Management services? ATC payroll?
Moritasgus2 on
Ask him to draw a clock.
wastelandingstrip on
Trump, 79, sucks.
Baron-Munc on
Tariffs are expected to cost us $2600 per person so we’re still behind….Plus he’s figuring out how to tax children.
argonzo on
I’m sure going everyone in America a $2,000 windfall will be great for inflation.
Coconutter12 on
There’s a lot of socialism with Trump. $10k for exempted federal workers, 5k tariff rebates, $2k random checks. 17k in the first year alone we won’t see.
DJMagicHandz on
Bessent already tried to spin it that we already received the money through bogus claims of the economy performing well. They can fuck right off.
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President Donald Trump’s proposal to send Americans $2,000 checks funded by his sweeping tariffs is under fire for not adding up.
Trump, 79, pledged to send rebates to U.S. citizens who are “low and middle income.”
The president did not provide any specifics in his Truth Social post on Monday about what qualified for the income levels, but he wrote that whatever is left over could be used to pay down the debt.
Read the full story, [here](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-struggles-with-basic-math-on-refund-checks/).
No shit?
Of *course* he struggles with basic math. Don’t you remember when he promised to bring drug prices down by 1500%?
Woah, slow down there Donnie! I haven’t even cashed my $5,000 DOGE check yet! Too much winning!
You mean this math genius?
*”And we’re gonna be reducing drug costs over the next year, year and a half, by not 50 or 60% – by 1,000%.”*
*-Diddlin’ Donnie*
By the word of dozens of people in his life — from professors to authors to his own Cabinet — Trump is a fucking moron. Always has been.
Conservatives love electing fucking morons.
Useful Idiots don’t require basic skills.
It’s made up shit, who is trying to math it out?
1. Make things more expensive with tariffs
2. Throw borrowed money at the economy
3. Inflation go *brrrr*
…hey, the guy who lies all the time is promising bribes…err…”refund checks”! How about we take that a step further and stop paying taxes altogether to show our government how much we love them?
Every time he opens his mouth my will to continue drops by another 1500%
I mean if he’s claiming tariffs are bringing in billions of trillions of dollars, then I want a 10k check.
What does it matter. Absolutely nobody will see a single cent. Tariffs are a form of tax that will be paid by the consumers. People need to understand that the guy is a con man and he knows his MAGA knuckle dragging supporters believe every word he poops out. He’s so full of shit his skin color should be brown not painted on orange.
The Daily Beast keeps insisting on Trump, 79. Hope it works out for them and doesn’t become one of the many ineffectual framings of the criminal in chief.
Math!? He can’t even form a coherent sentence.
He doesnt care. Because he knows hes not gonna pay out. DOGE payments anyone?
because he’s senile and stupid.
Are all the emergencies to national security over? Fentanyl crisis all good? Asking for Canada.
25th Amendment is looking good.
He doesn’t struggle with math as much as he struggles with basic truth. There is no plan to do this. It’s a distraction.
If you stop testing for COVID-19, there would no new cases.
The GOP is going to try and drag this out to the mid-terms, guaranteed; “Vote GOP or else you won’t get your $2000 check.”
“Trump struggles with basic…”
Let me stop you right there. Has there ever been anyone in power who knows less about anything than this guy?
He literally knows one thing… that when he has the financial upper hand, he can say and do whatever he wants. Then he replaces actual knowledge with bluster, which morons confuse because his bully tactics work.
At the end of the day, we have a billionaire in the body of a petulant child destroying everything in his path. And the fucking media normalizes all of this because they want in on the grift.
“The $2,000 is money you already got from collective benefits from the big beautiful bill”
You might think, hey, that’s absurd. But it’s what the Treasury Secretary actually said on TV today.
I struggle with basic math as well, but I’m also mentally disabled and a giant pothead.
The man in charge of the world’s most expensive military probably shouldn’t be on the same level as a mentally handicapped stoner.
Don’t blame his stupidity on his age.
Really? I figured a guy talking about 1500% discounts was real sharp.
The only thing he doesn’t struggle with is lying.
Sooooo… Not to rain on the absolutely stable genius’s parade…
But I’m gonna… Where is this nearly $1 trillion coming from? Have we taxed ourselves so much in the last few months, that this scheme to get rid of the tax money, by giving it back to us… Is the only way to handle that high of federal revenue?
No other way huh? None? Just zero?
Not even something stupid like SNAP? Or, social security? Or Medicare? Medicaid? Or ACA SUBSIDIES???
No? Nothing like that? Just give it away yeah?
Or FEMA? Forest Wildfire Management services? ATC payroll?
Ask him to draw a clock.
Trump, 79, sucks.
Tariffs are expected to cost us $2600 per person so we’re still behind….Plus he’s figuring out how to tax children.
I’m sure going everyone in America a $2,000 windfall will be great for inflation.
There’s a lot of socialism with Trump. $10k for exempted federal workers, 5k tariff rebates, $2k random checks. 17k in the first year alone we won’t see.
Bessent already tried to spin it that we already received the money through bogus claims of the economy performing well. They can fuck right off.
This has nothing to do with his age…
Trump, 79, is a demented paedophile moron