Automatic Trump Accounts Still Need a Parent to Claim the Money
The U.S. Treasury has begun automatically opening Trump Accounts for eligible American children; children born between 2025 and 2028 can receive a one-time US$1,000 federal contribution invested in the stock market, though a parent or guardian must still claim it.
Canada's Learning Bond shows a similar last step can shape take-up: 43.9 per cent of eligible children had received it by the end of 2025, according to Employment and Social Development Canada, and claiming the bond has traditionally meant opening a registered education savings plan through a financial institution.
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The American take-up figure is striking: by late July, about 5.6 million of an estimated 73.4 million eligible children — roughly eight per cent — had opened a Trump Account.
That figure is an early snapshot, and the Treasury had estimated approximately 50 per cent participation under an opt-in system, drawing partly on Maine's Alfond Grant program, where opt-in enrolment reached about 40 per cent.