Trump Demands Food Stamps Be a Government Shutdown Cliffhanger
On November 6, 2025, amidst a government shutdown that’s starving roughly 42 million Americans dependent on SNAP, Judge John McConnell Jr. threw shade at the Trump administration for dragging its feet on full benefit payments. While courts say 'pay up now,' Trump's lawyers played lawyer-babble shell game: 'Courts can’t spend money; SNAP can’t borrow from child nutrition funds.' USDA said partial benefits — roughly 65% of normal — would come late, thanks to 'outdated infrastructure' and 'revised calculations' as millions chose between feeding kids or bills. The administration even blamed Senate Democrats for voting 14 times against reopening. It's like Hunger Games meets Who Wants to Be a Food Stamp Millionaire.
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Meanwhile, in Trump World: Feeding 42 million Americans is apparently a 'shell game' nobody should force courts to fix. Partial food benefits? Just your monthly survival lottery, because who needs full groceries during a shutdown?
Imagine the Trump admin pitching SNAP as a game show where winners get 65% of groceries and losers just run out of formula. All while judicial referees remind them, 'People have gone without for too long.'
When your SNAP benefits become a drunken game of financial musical chairs, and DOJ says courts can’t make them pay, but 42 million Americans are still waiting for lunch on November 6, 2025.
Source: Axios | Published: 11/7/2025 | Author: Josephine Walker
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