Trump Warns of 'Insufficient Funds' for Food Stamps

[Igel]

68. In this case it would be the money appropriated by Congress that's running out.

He claims the authority to not spend what's authorized, not to spend money that isn't authorized.

With the same kind of squirrely "this is an emergency and in an emergency this law can be twisted to mean I can spend money from this bucket on activities that should be funded from that bucket" ersatz reasoning that he's not the only one to abuse in my lifetime.

All the tariff $ go into the general revenue fund. That's for Congress to authorize spending. When it gets around to it for this fiscal year.