New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said that President Donald Trump's plan to pay citizens $2,000 each would require approval from the Congress.

Donald Trump has recently said that he would pay $2,000 to each US citizen with the money it is earning from tariffs.

"We will see," Bessent said on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures.

"We need legislation for that," he added.

While the US has collected billions in tariffs, Scott Bessent admitted that paying every US citizen except the rich would require a lot of money.

"It's a lot of money," he told the TV channel.

"But we've taken in a lot of money from tariffs. The tariffs allow us to give a dividend," the Treasury Secretary added.

Bessent said that "we're...