During the COVID-19 pandemic, most Americans received multiple stimulus checks to relieve the financial pressure caused by the pandemic-related closures. These checks helped people to stabilize their finances and avoid financial disaster in the wake of closed businesses and mass layoffs.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is clarifying President Donald Trump’s promise to give Americans a check of at least $2,000 from U.S. tariff revenue — and it sounds like people shouldn’t get their hopes up.