President Donald Trump hosted a roundtable at the White House on Monday to promote a key feature of the sweeping Republican domestic policy bill — a provision that would provide every American newborn with a $US1000 ($1534) investment account.
The accounts, which the administration has dubbed “Trump Accounts,” would be established for all US citizen children born between January 2025 and January 2029 under a pilot program included in the House-passed legislation.
The government’s $1534 contribution would be placed in an index fund tied to the overall stock market and managed by the child’s legal guardians.
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The accounts will start at $1534 per child and guardians or other private entities can contribute up to $US5000 ($7673) additional dollars every year throughout the child’s life.
“The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill will literally change the lives of working, middle class families across America by delivering the largest tax cuts in history, increasing the child tax credit, AND by creating this incredible new ‘Trump Account’ program, which will put the lives of young Americans on the right financial path,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
At the event on Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson highlighted the economic benefits of the Trump accounts, including increased take-home pay for typical families and reduced red tape for small businesses.
Monday’s event, which took place in the State Dining Room at the White House, featured top executives from Dell, Uber, Altimeter Capital, ARM Corp, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Robinhood and Goldman Sachs.
The CEOs were expected to pledge billions of dollars in investments into Trump accounts for the children of their employees.
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“The creation of investment accounts for every child will compound into substantial nest eggs providing support for education, home ownership, and starting families,” Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, who attended the roundtable, said.
“Dell Technologies will proudly match dollar for dollar the government’s seed investment into these accounts for all the children born to Dell team members.
“This bold move to an ownership society for all included in the Reconciliation Bill will have profound and far-reaching benefits for the country.”
The roundtable comes as the Trump administration intensifies its push to secure Senate passage of the president’s domestic policy package ahead of the Fourth of July.
NBC News was first to report on the event.
