As the Schumer Shutdown continues, President Trump and his administration are working hard to ensure women and children have access to the programs they rely on to feed themselves.
Some had expressed concern about the program running out of funding while Democrats keep the government shut down in pursuit of health care coverage for illegal immigrants. This includes Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), whose family relied on WIC while he was an active duty Navy SEAL
We had to use WIC to help feed our kids when I was being shot at as an Active Duty Navy SEAL
— Derrick Van Orden (@derrickvanorden) October 1, 2025
Because of the #SchumerShutdown, WIC funds will dry up in about a week
There are real consequences to the Dems political theater. pic.twitter.com/NQW7e8Sarq
Instead, the President plans to use tariff revenue to fund the program during the shutdown.
🚨WOW — The Trump administration announced it will transfer tariff revenue to the Women & Children Food Program to ENSURE it doesn't run dry during the Schumer Shutdown.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 7, 2025
Over 6 million rely on this program for healthy food assistance, & they almost suffered because of Democrats. pic.twitter.com/fBCqW37ve6
The White House said Tuesday it will use money from tariff revenue to fund a supplemental nutrition program facing a funding shortage amid the ongoing government shutdown.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on the social platform X that President Trump and the White House had identified the “creative solution” to shift tariff funds to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly known as WIC, which was set to run out of money in the coming days.
In her post, Leavitt said, "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."
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.
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) October 7, 2025
Thankfully, President Trump and the White House have identified a creative solution to transfer… https://t.co/tj9Xt7f4yQ
The Hill also reports that some states plan to dip into their own budgets to fund WIC, but that some states couldn't afford to do that, and it was unclear how long the program would last in the states that did.
One X user wrote, "That's good politics," and asked, "Is the tariff money pooled that way? That gives an absolutely insane advantage in these shutdown talks. You can keep popular, high-impact programs running indefinitely."