“And remember, just recently I gave all members of the military $1,776, just like $1,776, and everyone said that was an impossible thing to do. But I did it. Everybody got their money.”

The IRS said the December 2025 payments of $1,776 went primarily to active-duty members in pay grades O-6 and below, not to all members of the military, and that Congress appropriated $2.9 billion for them in July 2025. Politico reported the payout was a housing stipend Congress had already approved, not a new bonus created by Trump.