President Donald Trump accused Democrats of triggering the government shutdown, arguing it gives him leverage to eliminate billions in “waste, fraud, and abuse.” “I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity,” Trump wrote in a social media post.
He compared Democratic leadership to Somalia. The shutdown followed the Senate’s rejection of a House‑approved funding measure, a stalemate that shut down critical services like the WIC nutrition program.
Trump warned that prolonged closure would kill jobs, saying, “A lot of those jobs will never come back.” Meanwhile, he announced a plan to use tariff revenue to fund WIC temporarily.
“The Trump White House will not allow impoverished mothers and their babies to go hungry because of the Democrats’ political games,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on social media.
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