(AP) — Trump in his White House address suggested the payments to 1.45 million members of the military are a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues. But that’s not really the case. The Pentagon is distributing the checks — totaling about $2.6 billion — as one-time housing supplemen ts, according to a senior administration official who requested anonymity to describe the payments. That money will come from the $2.9 billion Congress provided to the Defense Department to augment existing housing allowances, as part of the tax cut extensions and expansions Trump signed into law in July. The post Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ Of $1,776 To US Troops Will Come From Congressionally Approved Housing Money appeared first on WOWO News/Talk 92.3 FM and 1190 AM. ...read more read less