Trump administration says emergency funds can't be used to keep SNAP benefits going

[Dulcinea]

(NPR) The Trump administration says it will not use emergency funds to send out federal food aid at the beginning of November, blaming Democrats for not working to reopen the government.

Millions of Americans are expected to lose their benefits this week – leaving states scrambling to pitch in and pay the difference, even as some have already notified recipients not to expect their monthly food assistance.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is an entitlement program that provides about 1 in 8 U.S. residents an average of $187 a month in food aid. But the roughly $8 billion a month to fund SNAP benefits comes through annual Congressional appropriations, which lapsed on Oct. 1.

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/27/nx-s1-5587255/snap-benefit-shutdown-contingency-fund-food-stamps

[Lovie777]

1. That is a lie....................

[Scrivener7]

2. We can give Argentinian cattle barons $40 billion dollars, but can't release $5 billion to

keep Americans, mostly American children, from going hungry.

[lark]

3. If his horrid lips are moving, he's lying - always!

He hates poor/working class people and loves to hurt them and getting rid of them would be a bonus - to his small ugly demented brain.

[Scalded Nun]

4. Just 1 simple word to arrive at the truth. All you need do is change the word "Can't" to "won't".

You cannot hide behind wording in regulations only when it suits you and be completely fucking dismissive of the regulations when they do not suit your purpose.

[LaMouffette]

5. Now he's weaponizing hungry poor kids. Not that I'm surprised. This reminds me of that King of Solomon story, where two

women said they were the mother of the same child. Solomon said, "Let's just chop the baby in two so you can each have one half of the child." The fake mother was cool with that idea. But the real mother begged for the baby's life, even to the point of asking Solomon to give the baby to the fake mother.

Easy to guess which mother Rump is in this story.