Donald Trump has agreed to free up some money to feed hungry children.
Well, because a court ordered him to.
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| Trump begrudgingly helps out |
And while Trump did approve the court-mandated SNAP funds, it wasn’t a penny more than required. The amount will cover only about half of November’s SNAP costs.
Still the government shutdown drags on. November 6th marks day 36 of Americans held hostage. And the core dispute? Democrats insist that Obamacare subsidies shouldn't be allowed to expire—a move that, by most estimates, would spike premiums by at least 114%.
Trump and the GOP say, "Just approve the budget and we promise to have meetings about the ACA subsidies after the government is again up and running."
Uh, yeah. Right.
There's solid evidence to show Trump won't keep his word. Case in point: the 2018–2019 shutdown. Back then, Trump demanded border wall funding. Congress passed a bipartisan bill without it, after Trump signaled he’d sign it to avoid a shutdown.
Except—he didn’t. And that triggered the previous record-setting 35-day shutdown.
When you factor in Trump’s well-documented record of lying, bullying, and committing fraud, his word has less credibility than a diploma from Trump University.
Even Jimmy Kimmel weighed in during his November 3 monologue:
“He doesn’t want [low-income Americans] to go hungry—he just wants them to lose their health insurance.”
And Trump wasn’t exactly gracious at first.
“SNAP BENEFITS… will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!”
Naturally, the White House had to walk that back (as usual), assuring reporters:
“Of course we’ll comply with the court order.”
Trump later softened his stance with:
“But I’m president, I want to help everybody. I want to help Democrats and Republicans. But when you’re talking about SNAP, if you look, it’s largely Democrats. They’re hurting their own people.”
Red states also have SNAP recipients
Um, not quite. In many of Trump's most loyal—and inexplicably still slavishly supportive—red states, more than half of SNAP recipients are likely Trump voters.
My cut: It's a good thing Trump wants "to help Democrats and Republicans."
And children, I guess.
Even if it takes a court order.
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