frozen snapshot — 2026-09-13 · see today →

What's on Howard Lutnick's mind?

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the $5,000 checks that cost nothing 32% the 658 colleagues he lost 26% the government’s Intel stake 12% · newthe $1.2 trillion nobody can find 9% · neweverything else 21%

Lutnick: the $5,000 dividend won’t touch a dollar of taxpayer money

He told NBC the checks come from tariff revenue and government equity stakes, not from anything a taxpayer recognizes as theirs.

Lutnick says $5K dividend would not use taxpayer dollars

The Hill · 2026-09-11

our translation

if he can call it a dividend instead of a payment, $1.2 trillion stops being spending and becomes a return on investments he personally picked. the framing is the policy.

Sixteen outlets on the NBC interviewvery sure · 4 sources

Twenty-five years on, Lutnick wiped away tears through all 658 names

25th anniversary, fourteen outletsvery sure · 4 sources

Intel rips past $100 and Washington’s own shareholding is the story

new — Intel extended its rally above $100pretty sure · 3 sources

Schiff and the arithmetic crowd want the $1.2 trillion shown on paper

new — Schiff and skeptics pressing the numberspretty sure · 4 sources

sunday, september 13

Repeat that the $5,000 dividend costs taxpayers nothing(safe bet)

Check whether Intel holds the $100 line at the close(reported)

Deflect one more ‘where does $1.2 trillion come from’(reported)

Thank the Charity Day desks at Cantor Fitzgerald(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Lutnick says promised $5,000 checks for Americans won't come from taxpayer dollars

news.google.com · 2026-09-13

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