During a speech in Miami, President Donald Trump floated a plan to pay out “DOGE Dividend” stimulus checks to taxpayers.

Pure math makes it unlikely that taxpayers will see any stimulus check, let alone an amount of consequence. Whatever Musk can cut via his DOGE buzzsaw, and that’s debatable, Republicans will want nearly all of that for planned tax cuts. Nonetheless, Trump kept hope alive.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said stimulus checks tied to DOGE actions would make the Republican party look good, but added he preferred to pay off national debt.