$1776.00

[luiza]

so just give them $2k or something

1776 is a cheap publicity stunt

No sort of publicity is bad publicity .

As Trumpfy obviously knows and you do not .

 

[Mac1958]

Gee. What a shock.

 

[hjmick]

Strange Congress having to authorize shit went right out the window on January 20, 2025.

He's just rebranding the housing allowance approved in that abortion called One Big Beautiful Bill...


The Actual Source

Investigation confirms that the funds for the dividend were actually repurposed from the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), a massive reconciliation package passed in July 2025. Specifically, Congress had appropriated $2.9 billion to the Department of Defense (referred to in the administration’s parlance as the Department of War) for the explicit purpose of supplementing the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH).

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to disburse $2.6 billion of these specific housing funds as the one-time “Warrior Dividend.” A senior administration official confirmed that the disbursement is technically a “one-time basic allowance for housing supplement.”

Housing Money Repurposed
The conversion of a “housing allowance supplement” into a “Warrior Dividend” represents a significant exercise of executive discretion over appropriated funds. The administration rebranded the housing subsidy as a cash bonus, utilizing the broad language of the appropriation to justify a lump-sum payment.

Trump Is Giving Troops $1,776 Each. Here's Where the Money Comes From.

Few moments have so crystallized the intersection of nationalist symbolism, executive authority, and fiscal maneuvering as the December 2025 announcement of the “Warrior Dividend.” ContentsThe AnnouncementWhere the Money Really Came FromThe One Big Beautiful BillThe Housing CrisisThe Department...

govfacts.org

 

[Samofvt]

Who gives a shit who's idea it was? It's a good idea. The POTUS is making sure it happens, by unanimous consent.

The End.

 

[leftwinger]

Really? Seems like a lot of money to just be sent out the door without anyone passing a bill to fund the expenditure.

$3B? They earn their keep.

Unlike $93B dumped out the last weeks if Obiden 2 to a bunch if failing Green BS or Somali fraud or stolen USAID you dirty Commeestain. Take it out of stolen ACA oe medicaid fraud.

 

[candycorn]

$3B? They earn their keep.

Unlike $93B dumped out the last weeks if Obiden 2 to a bunch if failing Green BS or Somali fraud or stolen USAID you dirty Commeestain. Take it out of stolen ACA oe medicaid fraud.

Never happened

 

[leftwinger]

Never happened

During the hearing, Sen. Kennedy asked Secretary Wright to shed light on “the period between the time that President Trump was elected and President Biden left office.” He asked, “During that short period of time, 76 days, how much taxpayer money went out the door of the Department of Energy?” The secretary replied, “From the loan program office in loans and commitments, $93 billion, well over twice as much as in the previous 15 years.”


//* stuff it commee stooge *//

 

[DennisPTate]

our brave service men and women wont think its absurd ..

True!

 

[PeterPilot]

so they made the amount '1776' as a PR stunt?

absurd

Pretty much everything The Donald does is a PR stunt. Example: TrumpRx