U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced a bill earlier this week which, if passed, could send American families $2,400 as a direct result of President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy.
Dubbed the “American Worker Rebate Act,” the legislation would provide working-class American families with “rebate checks” up to $2,400, funded by revenue generated from Trump’s tariffs.
“Working people need relief now,” Hawley wrote in a social media post. “They’ve earned it. Let’s return their money to them asap.”
So far in 2025, the U.S. has collected a record $150 billion in tariff revenue and the number is expected to keep on climbing. The rebate aims to deliver $600 per adult and child to American families, similar to the stimulus checks the government distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Trump, meanwhile, has expressed support for the idea. “We have so much money coming in, we’re thinking about a little rebate,” Trump said while acknowledging that the main priority is still to pay down the U.S deficit. “The big thing we want to do is pay down debt,” he added.
For months, Democrats and their allies in the media have been screeching about the “devastating” impacts that Trump’s tariffs would have on the economy.
So far, the exact OPPOSITE has been true and these same people have been forced to backtrack on those claims.
These tariff rebates would be a politically genius, as even Democrat voters would be forced to admit, “maybe those tariffs weren’t such a bad idea after all… “
Watch the video here to see why this rebate could actually happen.