"Tariff Revenue To WIC" - Trump's $200B Plan FLIPS The SCRIPT On Democrats Amid Shutdown CHAOS

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🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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President Trump uses tariff revenue to fund the WIC program during the government shutdown, calling it a creative solution. PBD and the crew debate whether it’s smart politics or bad policy and dive into the larger fight over tariffs, free markets, and America’s middle class.

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0:00.0	So President Trump decides due to the government shutdown, he will use tariff revenue to fund WIC programs during the shutdown.
0:09.1	Think about how creative of a thinking this is.
0:11.3	Rob, is this a clip of him saying that?
0:12.8	It's actually just a quick news update about it.
0:16.4	Go for it.
0:16.9	It's breaking moments ago.
0:18.3	More than $200 billion coming into the coffers in tariffs,
0:21.4	and now we're learning where some of that money will go.
0:23.4	The White House has just announced that the women and children food program will not be cut off while the government is shut down.
0:31.2	Some of the money...
0:32.3	Yeah, when you're looking at this, Trump, the Trump and the Senate will use to keep afloat,
0:36.8	a federal food system program
0:38.2	for nearly 7 million pregnant women,
0:40.8	new moms and young children
0:42.3	during the government shutdown.
0:43.8	The program known as WIC
0:44.9	was expected to run out of money soon
0:47.1	because Congress has yet to prove
0:48.8	a federal spending package,
0:50.9	the fiscal 2026,
0:52.4	which started on October 1st,
0:53.8	the National Week Association
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