‘Trump Accounts’ are symbolic, not effective at closing wealth gap

‘Trump Accounts’ are symbolic, not effective at closing wealth gap

NewsFeedThe wealth gap is wider than it’s been in three decades. President Trump has offered an investment account with $1,000 to every child born during his administration. But, as an economist told Al Jazeera’s ‘This is America’, the plan is just theatre, not a solution.

Published On 17 Jul 2026