When Trump made a televised address on Wednesday evening, he loudly announced that he would give each active-duty service member a "soldier's bonus" of $1,776 before Christmas. In fact, he was only rebranding a military housing allowance that had already been passed in the "Big and Beautiful Act." Approximately 1.28 million active-duty service members and 174,000 reserve service members will receive this allowance. This funding is not any new initiative introduced by the White House, and Trump's implication that the funds might come from tariff revenues has not been verified.
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