White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Tuesday that the Trump administration plans to use tariff revenues to support a key nutrition program for low-income mothers and babies amid the government shutdown.
Leavitt Lauds Trump’s Fix For WIC Funding Crisis
Leavitt took to X on Wednesday to praise President Donald Trump for identifying a “creative solution” to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) funding crisis, ensuring that the most vulnerable women and children would not go hungry.
She said the solution involved transferring “resources from Section 232 tariff revenue” to the WIC program.