US Vice President Hints 'Trump $5,000 Dividend' to Be Funded by Tariffs

US Vice President JD Vance stated that U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement on the 9th (local time)—promising a $5,000 (approx. 6.7 million won) dividend per American adult if the Republican Party wins the November midterm elections—is "fundamentally a dividend for American workers."

Vice President Vance made the remarks in an appearance on Fox News immediately after President Trump announced the plan during a speech at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, the previous day.

Vance explained, "The reason we are generating massive revenues is because the U.S. President is actually standing up not just to foreign companies, but to foreign governments that have exploited American workers for my entire life."

The Associated Press interpreted Vance's remarks as "suggesting that the dividend payments would not go to the wealthy."

Vice President Vance also stated that the funds for the "Trump dividend" would be covered by tariff revenues.

He said, "Tariffs are the U.S. President declaring, 'If you want to undercut American wages and move American jobs overseas, you're going to pay a heavy penalty to bring those goods back into America.' These penalties have generated massive revenues and helped pay down our debt."

Vance went on to say, "The point of the President's speech is, 'If you let us keep power and keep doing these things, you're going to share in some of this massive wealth that we're creating inside the United States.' I don't think that's a controversial idea."

He further emphasized, "This is the U.S. President saying, 'We are all working together.' We are all on the same team. And as we continue to generate wealth, that wealth is going to go back to the American people."
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