Trump Warns of 'Insufficient Funds' for Food Stamps

[babylonsister]

And of course it's Dems' fault.

https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/11/trump-warns-of-insufficient-funds-for-food-stamps/

Trump Warns of ‘Insufficient Funds’ for Food Stamps
October 11, 2025 at 7:23 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

The Trump administration is warning states that there will be “insufficient funds” to pay full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits if the government shutdown extends past October, Axios reports.

[kerouac2]

1. Doesn't he have a pot of tariff money

Apparently they had 300 m for wic that they said they could use from it

Oh, and where is this pot of money and doesn't congress hold purse strings in this country?

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. That's my question.

Maybe he should have saved the Argentina bailout cash to feed Americans, including military families who aren't getting paid.

[gab13by13]

7. Congress does not hold the purse strings.

Krasnov has rescission power, he decides where the money, if the money appropriated by Congress gets spent.

[allegorical oracle]

23. And if the Dems' budget demands are met in order to end the shutdown, djt will

claw those $$ back, for sure.

[Trueblue Texan]

28. Yep. So they would be complete fools to negotiate for stuff they won't get anyway.nt

[Igel]

68. In this case it would be the money appropriated by Congress that's running out.

He claims the authority to not spend what's authorized, not to spend money that isn't authorized.

With the same kind of squirrely "this is an emergency and in an emergency this law can be twisted to mean I can spend money from this bucket on activities that should be funded from that bucket" ersatz reasoning that he's not the only one to abuse in my lifetime.

All the tariff $ go into the general revenue fund. That's for Congress to authorize spending. When it gets around to it for this fiscal year.

[Emile]

24. That's for the new Trump resort in Gaza.

[marble falls]

2. "Warns"? Hell, that was part of the appeal. They counted on it.

[Maru Kitteh]

69. He thinks food stamps are "Democrat things"

He’s about to find out how Republican those things are, too.

[Biophilic]

3. So we have 20 billion to send to Argentina but nothing for our own citizens?

[dalton99a]

9. +1

[OldBaldy1701E]

13. Exactly!

Now, get back to work making more so I can give that away to others as well!

[otchmoson]

18. That's not all

farmers are expecting a bailout (at our expense--those damn welfare queens) of $20. I just saw this morning that we're spending another 4.5 billion on the magnificent southern border wall. We continue to offer wannabe ICE officers a $50,000 signing bonus, a 6-figure income, payment of student debt, and possibly a $40,000 year-end bonus, and unlimited overtime pay. And when President Pedo has collected (NOT) $17 trillion in tarriff income, we should all have our very own unicorn and lollipops.

[rurallib]

38. Maybe we can borrow some from Milieu

But he may not trust Donnie's credit?

[Attilatheblond]

41. America First!*

*unless Trump has other countries to pay off.

[Pachamama]

52. This should make Americans really mad

[Igel]

71. Some MAGA folk are.

Most ... "Meh."

[Igel]

70. It's being pulled, apparently, from a Congressionally authorized fund.

The "Exchange Stabilization Fund". Currently it has $221 billion in it.

And this is a bit of an extreme example of what the fund was set up, by Congress, years ago, to do. To stabilize either the $ or US trading partners.

Sure, Trump could use it for other things, but that would ignore Congressional authorization and I'm not going to condemn Trump for doing exactly that while condemning him for exactly failing to do that. Esp. when one would be a passive violation ("failure to spend&quot while the other would be an active violation ("spending without authorization&quot .

[orangecrush]

4. He won't go hungry

And Miller will bust a nut watching the poor do so.

[Lovie777]

6. shithole and comrades are lining their pockets of tax payer's money.................

send 20 billion to Argentina, paying gawd knows who in illegally deportation of immigrants (no due process) to war torn countries, prisons in countries (torture) and what these countries are doing to young women. Firing en-mass, not honoring payments, et al.....

Propaganda galore.

And the evil continues to our programs, healthcare, etc.

[durablend]

8. He's going to do it anyway

[tanyev]

10. Just stop construction on that GD ballroom/coronation hall.

[dalton99a]

11. America First:

[Gimpyknee]

12. Trump could donate money he's collecting from all those watches he's selling to his idiot minions.

[Conjuay]

14. But the mega rich got their kickback

So who cares (s)

[Jacson6]

15. I finally figured out how to get the gov't to raise SNAP.

Make it a law that the judges, congress members and president must live off of SNAP.

[MLWR]

16. Mofu has plenty of money to terrorize the citizens of this country,

plenty of money to send to his dictator buddy in Argentina, plenty of money to murder fishermen in the Caribbean, plenty of money to gild his office and our White House, plenty of money to visit his hotels on weekends, but no money to help those in need.

[BattleRow]

44. MAGA mantra:

Help the greedy,NOT the needy.

[BootinUp]

17. The priorities of the GOP will become much easier to identify

the longer this continues.

[otchmoson]

19. I'm sharing my outrage with my concress critters

Good morning Senator/Congressman Pedo Protector,
Let’s see . . . we’re supporting Argentina to the tune of $20 billion. Though it is framed as a loan, it is to a country with a failing currency and well-known to default on its debt. Next, we’re going to bail out farmers, again rumored to be $20 billion. But it appears that the GOP (Guardians of Pedophiles) is unwilling to negotiate in good faith with Democrats, and thus Americans continue to suffer through another day of government shutdown. When we are well aware of the criminality, corruption and sexual predilections of President Pedo, we wonder what can possibly be in the Epstein files that is worse than what is known. It appears to us that keeping the Epstein file hidden from the public is more important than the harm that is being done to our economy and masses of individuals? The question most Americans want answered is: When are you going to bail US out, particularly our healthcare coverage, premiums and subsidies and open the government so we can resume what remains of shattered lives? Also, if you refuse to pay our military, how about foregoing your paycheck? Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

20. Fine

Perfect time to start eating the rich.

[irisblue]

21. Sweet Baby Ray BBQ sauce by the gallon

[BattleRow]

45. Is ketchup considered a vegetable?

[Hope22]

22. Everyone to Mara Lardo for beans and weenies!

Let’s go! So sick and tired of this monster’s threats!

[Ritabert]

25. But there's $20 billion to bail out Argentina

...and billions to deploy National Guard troops where they're not needed.

[Biglinda 52]

26. Threats, threats, threats

The Dems should add another condition to the agreement each week. There's lots to add on.

[Irish_Dem]

27. Money is no object when funding the ICE gestapo.

Or funding Trump's outings, stunts, and stupid ego projects.

Feeding children, no money.

[dalton99a]

30. +1. Trump is using our Treasury like his personal ATM

[Irish_Dem]

31. Exactly. All the US resources belong to him personally.

I wonder how much money he will end up stealing from Americans.

[dalton99a]

36. There has been literally zero oversight from anyone

"Who is gonna stop me?"

[Irish_Dem]

37. It is the biggest heist in US history and no one will stop him.

And Trump knows it.
So does his crime family and pals.

[dalton99a]

43. Plus he knows there will be no consequences in the future because of presidential immunity

We are ruled by criminals.

[Irish_Dem]

50. Yes the Supreme Court is part of the crime syndicate.

They fixed it all so that Trump could pull off the biggest heist in US history.
Including the theft of the last election.

[Jose Garcia]

67. ICE employees aren't getting paid during the shutdown

[Irish_Dem]

73. I doubt this is true.

But if it is they will not starve.

I read they make minimum of 100K a year, 50K signing bonus.
All school debt paid off. And I am sure they get a bounty on
every person they kidnap or kill.

[sinkingfeeling]

29. What happened to the "billions of dollars a day we're getting from tariffs"?

[CrispyQ]

54. Correction, trillions. He's said trillions several times. IIRC, 17 trillion to be exact.

It has been 10 years of this mean, orange fuck! Even when he wasn't in office he was front & center in the news. So goddamned sick of him!!

[bucolic_frolic]

32. SNAP contraction hits supermarkets, distributors, food supply chain, farmers, fertilizers, seeds.

Not to mention farm equipment, real estate taxes.

This is economic contraction. Fed interest rate cuts won't impact this part of the economy very much.

[BoRaGard]

33. Maybe he could pay for his own luxury golf

Instead of making the taxpayers pay so billionaires can play their luxury games. That money could feed a lot of hungry people.

Come on Republicans, stop pretending to be Christians and actually act like you do honor the teachings of Christ.

[rampartd]

34. but the ball room marches on ...... n/t

[Attilatheblond]

47. And how much $ to make that 'free jet' serviceable, aside from giving sponser of terrorism a foothold un the USA?

[BattleRow]

48. The Big Balls room...

And teeny weeneys..

[FakeNoose]

35. It's racism and sexism ... the assumption is always that black women live on food stamps

But the real facts are that more whites than blacks receive the government handout. And yes it's usually women who are trying to feed their children, who may not eat if it weren't for the handouts from Uncle Sam. For example a percentage of West Virginians are families of out-of-work miners and laborers who depend on the food stamps and WIC to get by. A lot of them voted for Chump too.

[IbogaProject]

53. I bet he trys to only fund "Red" state's SNAP

SNAP is state administered like Medicaid. So the problem will be when they only fund ome states. While we are actually more evenly mixed than than sorting red & blue by state.

[valleyrogue]

56. It isn't just Black women-but actually ALL women who are impoverished who are targeted.

The rightwingers think anybody who is on "welfare" is a lazy bum, and everybody who receives safety net help are people too "lazy" to work.

The truth of the matter is working people are the chief beneficiaries of "food stamps"--SNAP. A number of years ago, when former representative John Kasich came to Oregon to campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, I mentioned this fact, and he agreed with me. You should have heard the gasps from the audience.

"Food stamps" don't exist anymore and haven't for years. Virtually everybody is on ATM cards which receive the benefits.

[FakeNoose]

59. Of course, that was the point of my comment

More whites than blacks receive the benefits. Chump is hurting the people who voted for him.

I don't think you read my message ... ?

[valleyrogue]

60. I did. It isn't just "whites"--it is working people who receive the most benefits.

I don't think YOU actually read what I wrote past the title.

[valleyrogue]

61. I would add

the GOP have been pulling this "politics of resentment" bullshit since the Nixon era.

Millions upon millions of people think "other" people are getting "something for nothing."

Never mind the reality the rich are actually the ones who are getting "something for nothing."

The safety net is a useful tool for these rightwingers to take people's minds off the real culprits. LBJ nailed it sixty years ago about them.

[Ilsa]

39. Just give SNAP recipients ICE bonuses. They're still

getting paid, when they should be standing down.

[rurallib]

40. Maybe we can use the billions of bushels of soybeans

we will have soon as barter to get some food from other countries?

Better than just letting them spoil.

[spanone]

42. Heartless Bastard.

[NoMoreRepugs]

46. MSM - where the hell are u?

[hunter]

49. In my book that makes us a failed state and Trump is the champion of the assholes who did it.

If his party isn't swept away soon, into the dustbins of history, we will be a long time recovering from this, if ever.

[CountAllVotes]

51. My $23 a month was increased to $24 a month the other day

Whoopie! I can eat again!

& recommend.

[Kid Berwyn]

55. Dipshit does have money for new WH Discolounge

Critical mass of citizens might notice if the press did its job.

[Richluu]

57. But we have 20 billion dollars

For Argentina....

[C_U_L8R]

58. Where are all the trillions he claims he has?

if it can come in, it can go out.

[mvd]

62. How about insufficient funds for his grifting?

Sound good Dump?

[GreenWave]

63. The asshole probably ate the food stamps with ketchup.

[mvd]

65. Asshole is such a perfect name for him

The King of all assholes

[Hugin]

64. Whew! The billionaire bailout is safe!

The headline had me panicked.

[Buns_of_Fire]

66. He might have been looking at his statement for his "Political Capital" account.

He's been writing checks with his alligator mouth that his marshmallow ass can't cash for quite a while now.

[W_HAMILTON]

72. Then reverse those tax cuts for billionaires that you MAGA fucks made sure to pass.