Trump vs. Food Stamps: Half-Fed Hunger Games Begin
In a 2025 plot twist worthy of dark comedy, the USDA broke new ground by tapping its never-used contingency fund â usually reserved for hurricanes, not political payback â to send November SNAP food benefits, but only half the usual amount, maxing out at a majestic $149 for a solo American trying not to starve. This frantic scramble happened after President Trump threatened on Truth Social to withhold food stamps until the government reopened, accusing 'Crooked Joe Biden' of handing out billions like candy at a parade. Courts in Rhode Island and Massachusetts slammed the brakes by ordering funding to continue, yet the USDA refused to cannibalize child nutrition programs, leaving mouths half-full and patience thinner than the government shutdownâs last thread.
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Using emergency disaster funds to bribe the hungry while tweeting insults at your political foes is peak 2025 budget savagery. Congrats, America, we're now the Hunger Games with half the benefits and twice the drama.
Half the food stamps, double the political theaterâbecause nothing says 'helping Americans' like making hunger a partisan sport.
Trump holding food stamps hostage while courts order payments is like a toddler threatening no bedtime until dessert appearsâexcept millions are the toddlers.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/6/2025 | Author: Amanda Goh
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