Ep. 35 - Trump's $5000 Stimulus check | Everyone Knows

President Trump says every adult citizen gets five thousand dollars if Republicans win the House and the Senate in November. For a married couple, that is ten thousand dollars. Here’s what actually stands behind the promise. Trump’s $5,000 Check: Who Gets It, Who Pays for It and What Happened Last Time | Everyone Knows Ep. 35 Everyone Knows | Episode 35 | Starborne Studios This week President Trump went on camera and promised five thousand dollars to every adult citizen in America, calling it a dividend paid for by tariffs. It is at least the fourth time he has made the promise since September, and it is tied to one condition: Republicans keeping both the House and the Senate. Brian lays out who would get the check, how it would get through Congress, where more than a trillion dollars would come from, and what happened the last time Washington mailed money to almost every adult in the country. Three parts. All of them matter. FIRST, the promise. What the President said, how the pledge moved from every citizen to adults only and why Vice President Vance calls it a dividend for workers. Brian walks through what has to happen in Congress for a check to go out, including the budget reconciliation route that needs only fifty one Senate votes. He also separates the five thousand dollar promise from the two payments actually going out this month: ninety dollars for some Medicare enrollees and a five hundred dollar refund for nearly one million Obamacare customers. SECOND, the money. One round of checks costs about one point two trillion dollars. Tariffs brought in about one hundred and ninety five billion dollars last year. In February the Supreme Court struck down the emergency tariffs that made up about half of that money, refunds started going out, and in June net tariff revenue went negative for the first time in American history. Brian covers the deficit estimates, the case supporters make for the plan, and the only realistic ways left to pay for it. THIRD, the last time. The COVID checks of twenty twenty, the American Rescue Plan of twenty twenty one, the fourteen hundred dollar checks, and the union pension bailout buried inside that bill. Then inflation hit nine point one percent, mortgage rates more than doubled, and prices rose about twenty percent in four years. Brian goes through what economists at the San Francisco Federal Reserve found about how much of that came from the spending, the two thousand dollar dividend promised last fall, and where he lands on the five thousand dollar check. A straight read on what is happening and what it means for regular people. No theatrics, no party line, no soft edges. If you’re tired of the spin, you’re in the right place. ABOUT EVERYONE KNOWS: An independent podcast hosted by Brian Bullock — author, storyteller, and founder of Starborne Studios. Every episode breaks down the stories that matter using one simple framework — who benefits, who gets hurt, why now, and what happens next. No cable news theatrics. No party line. Just a straight read on what’s actually going on and what it means for regular people. New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don’t miss one ALSO, FROM STARBORNE STUDIOS: 🎙️ Everyone Knows Podcast — you’re already here / 📖 Sentinel Universe Short Stories — now available on YouTube / 📖 The Sentinel of Crater Daedalus — Book 1 of The Sentinel Trilogy — Coming Soon / 🌐 brianbullockwriter.com — books, audio stories, updates, and more CONNECT WITH STARBORNE STUDIOS: 🌐 brianbullockwriter.com / 🎙️ Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | YouTube / 📱 Follow on X @EveryoneKnws1 Hosted by Brian Bullock / Starborne Studios / Speak up or step aside. #EveryoneKnows #BrianBullock #StarborneStudios #Podcast #NoSpin #StraightTalk #ConservativePodcast #Trump #5000Check #TrumpDividend #StimulusCheck #TariffDividend #Tariffs #Midterms2026 #Congress #SupremeCourt #Inflation #AmericanRescuePlan #NationalDebt #Deficit #JDVance #ScottBessent #Economy #Politics