Court Orders Trump Must Comply With SNAP Benefits

Trump has threatened to withhold SNAP benefits (supplemental nutrition assistance program) until the government shutdown has ended. This is harsh. A decent human being does not jeopardize the nutrition and health of children and impoverished people to get his way. 2024 numbers show approximately 1 in 8 Americans receiving SNAP benefits. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pay the SNAP benefits. Despite the Court's order, Trump wrote on Truth Social (Tuesday) that SNAP "will be given only when those Radical Left Democrats open up the government, which they can easily do, and not before!" After the post, the White House now says it will comply with the judge's order. Why is the government shutdown? Why is Trump telling Republicans not to talk to Democrats? Both sides must agree to a budget bill. The Republicans do not have enough votes in the Senate to pass a budget bill without working with Democrats. The big issue preventing a negotiation is the Democrats want the bill to include an extension of expiring tax credits (making health insurance cheaper for millions of Americans and a reversal of Trump's cuts to Medicaid used by millions of elderly, disabled and low-income people). Meanwhile Trump threw a roaring Great Gatsby 20s party at Mar a Lago over Halloween. Who cares about the American people? It's pretty obvious.

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