White House Announces Plan To Ignore Law, Fund WIC From Tariff Revenue

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Source: Huff Post

Oct 7, 2025, 06:49 PM EDT | Updated 9 hours ago


WASHINGTON ― The Donald Trump administration will use tariff revenue to prevent a special nutrition program for pregnant women and mothers of young children from running out of money during the government shutdown. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the legally questionable plan on Tuesday afternoon as the shutdown entered its second week.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children would otherwise run out of backup money for its six million beneficiaries sometime in the coming days, according to advocates for the program. “The Democrats are so cruel in their continual votes to shut down the government that they forced the WIC program for the most vulnerable women and children to run out this week,” Leavitt said.

“Thankfully, President Trump and the White House have identified a creative solution to transfer resources from Section 232 tariff revenue to this critical program,” Leavitt said. “The Trump White House will not allow impoverished mothers and their babies to go hungry because of the Democrats’ political games.”

Democrats in Congress had no public reaction to the news, but California Gov. Gavin Newsom offered a rare bit of praise for the administration. “Literally the bare minimum the White House should do right now,” Newsom said on X. “But thanks?” The government isn’t supposed to spend money that Congress hasn’t appropriated, and money for WIC ran out last week along with everything else when appropriations lapsed on Tuesday at midnight.

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Link to National WIC Association PRESS RELEASE - National WIC Association Responds to White House Announcement on Temporary WIC Funding, Urges Full Congressional Action