White House vows to use tariff revenue to fund food aid benefits. Thoughts?

[Cubus]

The Trump administration is planning to deploy millions of dollars in tariff revenue to tide over a critical nutrition program for low-income moms and babies during the ongoing government shutdown, spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt posted on X.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children was expected to run out of federal funding later this week. While the program, which funds infant formula, fruits and vegetables, has dipped into contingency funds during previous shutdowns, states have never had to triage participants or turn them away.

It’s not clear exactly how much money the White House intends to spend, how the process will unfold or if it is legal.

Source: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/07/congress/white-house-tariff-revenue-wic-nutrition-shutdown-00596683

[Effably]

Using some of the available money to help people during a problem you create is not the same as being good.

If I take someone's wallet, grab 20$ from it and keep the rest to myself I have not done a good deed.

On other news. Trump now not only has the most shutdowns and days of shutdowns in history, but will (this week) have more shutdown days on his own than all the other presidents combined.

Oh also. He is in the Epstein files. He admitted that months ago.

[exitseven]

The tariff money just goes into the treasury so most likely it can be spent in the usual manner/.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[Georgia001]

In the short term, using tariff revenue to maintain nutrition assistance programs is an emergency measure that can mitigate the social impact of the government shutdown. However, in the long term, this is not a sustainable solution - tariff revenue essentially comes from consumers and businesses, and the ultimate cost is still borne by ordinary people.

[Tamera952]

Just like he’s gonna use tariffs to give to farmers that got fucked because of tariffs…. its circular reasoning and convoluted, even from Low IQ Pres. Pedo.

[OlderAndWiser]

Sounds like a shrewd move!

[Syntosi]

Thats just bullshit because they can't direct the money from tariffs to anything in particular. That is not how government finances works and furthermore it would be a power that the house and congress would have anyways.

Empty political talkingpoints.

[loveslongnails]

No nutritional programs for kids would be running out of money IF THE GOP HADN'T CUT FUNDING IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! This is just another bullshit sideshow to try and convince the public that "he cares about kids".

The Biden and Obama administrations worked TIRELESSLY

[loveslongnails]

... to get bipartisan programs in place for child health and nutritional support. Trump tried unsuccessfully to gut them in his first term, but successfully in the current term because they control both houses.

One thing you can count on: If they GOP tells you they're doing something for "kids", they're full of shit.

[Dennisjf12]

Trump is a Jackass and everything he is doing with these tariffs is driving our prices up here at home and it costing all of us money that we can't afford and he needs to be stopped at all costs. Dennis

[BonzoInBitburg]

Could be a bit of an issue if the Supreme Court upholds lower court rulings and Trump has to refund all that tariff money as expected.