The president has made all manner of lofty promises over the past year, both prior to and since his victory in the presidential election. We’re still waiting on the release of the Epstein files, for example, while the Russia-Ukraine war continues to rage despite Trump’s assertion that he would end it before he even arrived at the Oval Office to begin his second term.

To put it mildly, one should perhaps not believe everything that Trump pledges to make true. Which is why a moment’s pause is needed before US citizens get excited about receiving a $2,000 dividend to be distributed from what Trump claimed was tariff revenue.

Naturally, that’s easier said than done. Who doesn’t want to get $2,000 in their bank account for doing nothing? Particularly when they’ve been promised it by the country’s leader.

“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday.

In the post in question, he neglected to elaborate on a potential timeline, exactly who would be eligible for the dividend, and who wouldn’t be eligible.