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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Trump Floats YUGE Tariff Rebate Checks as Government Shutdown Nears an End

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

  • Tariff Revenue and Proposed Rebates

    • President Donald Trump is advocating returning surplus tariff revenue to Americans in the form of $2,000 “tariff rebate checks” or tax credits.
    • The plan targets low- and middle-income U.S. citizens, excluding high-income earners.
    • Trump frames this as a dividend from tariffs, emphasizing that the funds should not be used for government projects but returned to taxpayers.
    • He claims tariffs have generated trillions of dollars in revenue and attracted significant foreign investment (estimated at $18–20 trillion).
    • The proposal also aims to reduce national debt (currently cited as $37–38 trillion).
    • Legal challenges exist, with the tariff policy under review by the Supreme Court.
  • Government Shutdown Update

    • Ben also reports on the end of the longest U.S. government shutdown in history (lasting about 40 days).
    • A compromise deal is moving through Congress to reopen the government until January 30, including:
      • Full funding for SNAP benefits through September 2026.
      • Guaranteed back pay for federal workers.
      • Passage of three appropriations bills (Military Construction/Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Legislative Branch).
    • Air travel disruptions are highlighted due to unpaid air traffic controllers.
    • The shutdown is politically motivated, with criticism directed at Democrats for prolonging it.

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0:00.0

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0:05.2

All right.

0:06.1

So Donald Trump has come out and is kind of swinging on an issue of our tariffs.

0:12.8

There's a lot of Americans are like, well, I don't know if I like these tariffs.

0:16.9

The media has been fighting against Donald Trump on these tariffs and acting like it's a disaster

0:20.6

and it's costing you a bunch more money, yada,ada yada yada. Now, a lot of its lies. You remember the Democrats said early on with the tariffs, there were going to be empty shelves going into Christmas that you weren't going to be able to find Christmas gifts. You weren't going to be finding basic goods necessities if you went to things like Walmart. like this is what they actually said at the time.

0:39.3

We know that was a total lie.

0:41.9

We know it was total crap.

0:44.5

And it was pathological.

0:47.0

And they knew it.

0:48.5

These are the same Democrats, by the way, that are holding Americans hostages with snap benefits and held America hosters for the last

0:57.3

40 days with the government shutdown. We're now coming out of that shutdown. We'll have more about that

1:01.7

in a moment. But Donald Trump and what he is now saying is tells you two things about this country.

1:09.3

Number one, just how messed up our government is,

1:14.1

that people can't even get their head around the idea

1:17.3

of the government sending you a check for $2,000.

1:20.2

Now, we send money to the government if you work every month, right?

1:22.8

Like you get doctor, you pay your taxes quarterly, annually, whatever, however you do it.

1:28.2

My point is, every day when you go to work, you are paying taxes.

1:32.6

It may be deferred for a few weeks or months, but you're going to pay every day.

1:36.5

The majority of Americans, it worked three to four months a year just to pay their taxes.

1:42.9

So January, February, March, into April,

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