Donald Trump pledge to give members of the US military a $1,776 check

In honor of the country’s founding, Trump announced that members of the United States military will receive a $1,776 check. He called the payment the “Warrior Dividend.”

“1,450,000 military service members will receive a special, we call, warrior dividend before Christmas. A warrior dividend. In honor of our nation’s founding in 1776, we are sending every soldier $1,776,” Trump said in his televised address to the nation, adding that “checks are already on the way.”

The president credited the tariffs for making it possible. But he didn’t provide precise details on how the “Warrior Dividend” initiative will be funded.

“We made a lot more money than anybody thought because of tariffs, and the bill helped us along. Nobody deserves it more than our military, and I say congratulations to everybody,” Trump said.

Per CNN, a senior administration official revealed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to pay out $2.6 billion as a “one-time basic allowance for housing supplement to all eligible service members in pay grades O-6 and below.”

The official said that roughly 1.28 million Active Component military members, as well as 174,000 Reserve Component military members, will receive the dividend.