You Know What Else Could Help Families in Need, Usha???

Days after the Trump administration deported a sick two-month-old who’s basically spent half of his life in ICE detention, Second Lady Usha Vance has urged Americans to help babies in need by donating to their nearest diaper bank. As if any amount of nappies could wipe up the MAGA bullshit.

“Thank you for the outpouring of love and excitement as we prepare to welcome our fourth child,” Usha tweeted Wednesday. (She and Vice President JD Vance are expecting a son in July. It is still unclear what role the Vances’ couch had in conceiving, if any.) “In place of gifts, we would be honored if you would consider making a donation to your local diaper bank to help families in need.” 

I mean, that’s a nice sentiment, but you know what else could help families in need, Usha? Telling your husband, and his evil colleagues, to stop trapping toddlers and children in detention centers (especially when they’re pregnant); getting the administration to reinstate SNAP funds, which have suffered the biggest cuts made in its decades-long history because of the federal spending bill; or reinstating CDC programs that researched and monitored the maternal and infant mortality rates. While we’re at it, maybe demand that federal agents stop pepper-spraying babies in the face, too. 

Hi Usha, I already donate often to my local diaper bank. However, they are struggling to meet the needs of the community despite private donations because your husband’s regime deemed their grant funding to be unnecessary . Any comment?

— MC????????‍♂️ (@MC___MC___) February 18, 2026

Diaper shortages have been a recurring issue for Americans, and grew worse during covid. Speaking to Today in 2021, Baby2Baby, a diaper-focused charity, said requests for donations went up 500% during the pandemic. But the issue has only been exacerbated by the Trump administration, whose rising costs, severe tariffs, and inflation have worsened affordability in various ways. The average family spends about $100 per month on diapers—a cost that about a third of mothers try to afford by cutting back on basic essentials

Baby products, including diapers, bottles, wipes, and clothing, have also become more expensive with Trump at the helm, especially as most of them are manufactured in China. “Every manner of baby products are set to become more expensive in a very short term,” a Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association executive told CBS in April. 

But Usha has remained a complicit—albeit sometimes passive—part of her husband’s vile and disturbing agenda. JD has been eager to amplify Trump’s dogged agenda to get Americans to have more babies (which is as creepy as it sounds), and ever since Usha announced she was expecting, it’s only served to reinforce the administration’s weird, pronatalist movement.

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