Sorting Out Claims That Americans Could Receive a $5,000 ‘DOGE Dividend’

Are Donald Trump and Elon Musk going to send savings from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) back to the American people? Dozens of viral posts claim that the White House is considering a plan to either send Americans $5,000 checks or give taxpayers a $5,000 tax credit, all paid for by DOGE’s cost-cutting measures. “#ElonMusk is proposing a $5,000 tax refund for every American funded by the savings generated from DOGE,” says one Instagram post. A Facebook user shared an article from Forbes headlined “Musk Mulls Sending All Americans $5,000 Checks Using DOGE Savings.”