Trump says SNAP food stamp benefits won't be paid until shutdown ends, sparking confusion

[LetMyPeopleVote]

trump is ignoring court order and is using SNAP to try to force Democrats to give in. These efforts will fail.

🍊 says SNAP benefits won't be paid until shutdown ends, sparking confusion.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned on X, it would be a "cumbersome process" that could result in a weeks-long delay in food stamp payments going out recipients.
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— @Divscotty (@divscotty.bsky.social) 2025-11-04T18:01:53.526Z

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Washington — President Trump said Tuesday that federal food benefits provided through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will go out only when Democrats vote to end the ongoing government shutdown.

In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote that SNAP benefits "will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!"

Mr. Trump's comment comes a day after administration lawyers told a federal court in Rhode Island that it would tap into a contingency fund to issue partial food stamp payments for November. The Justice Department said in a filing that the Department of Agriculture would provide states with information necessary for calculating the benefits due to each eligible household, which would allow states to then begin disbursements.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on X that her agency sent that guidance to states Tuesday morning, but warned it would be a "cumbersome process" that could result in a weeks-long delay in food stamp payments going out recipients.....

More than 42 million Americans rely on SNAP to purchase food each month. The program is funded by the federal government and administered by states, which distribute the nutrition assistance to eligible participants. But the Department of Agriculture said late last month that the food aid would not go out to recipients on Nov. 1 because "the well has run dry" amid the government shutdown.....

Patrick Penn, a Department of Agriculture official who oversees SNAP, said in a declaration that the administration "intends to deplete SNAP contingency funds completely and provide reduced SNAP benefits for November 2025." He told the court there is roughly $4.6 billion in the reserve for the November payments, which would be used to cover half of eligible households' allotments.

But he warned the aid would likely not go out immediately because of possible "payment errors and significant delays" due to variations among state eligibility systems, which have to be adjusted for the reduced payments.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. More like sparking contempt of court

[bluestarone]

3. From his own MOUTH! I 100% sure this was directed to

The JUDGE! Next move is either a Democracy breaker, or enabler. Well judge, what's your response? It's do or die, the way i see it. Gotta call people into your court very soon. Could judge immediately ask Supreme court for one of those IMMEDIATE ruling that they always give TSF?

[Silent Type]

2. Lyin Karoline Leavitt just said SNAP is going out, but it takes time. Can't believe poor parents are getting whipped

around like pawns.

Tony Romm
Nov. 4, 2025, 1:39 p.m. ET16 minutes ago
Tony Romm

"Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said the Trump administration was “fully complying” with a court order requiring it to pay for food stamps this month. Leavitt’s comments appeared to walk back President Trump’s social media post earlier Tuesday that threatened to deny aid to low-income Americans until the shutdown ends."

[synni]

9. Parents? What about us disabled seniors?

We have to eat, too, and our health is a lot worse than a child's, so we have to eat special diets for our illnesses (high blood pressure, cardiac disease, diabetes, etc.).

If you have kids, at least you can make do with cheap, unhealthy food for a while. But if we eat Kraft Mac & Cheese from a food bank, we'll end up in the ER.

I'm NOT advocating child suffering, just asking that people understand that EVERYONE is suffering under Trump. So please don't forget us.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

10. I feel the same as you

It's like seniors don't exist.

[Silent Type]

16. Did not mean to except anyone. Sometimes, you just can't say everything in a post.

I’m probably older than you.

[TheProle]

12. It's absolutely sickening.

[spanone]

4. He means he will defy the courts until the Democrats cave.

Not confusing.

[in2herbs]

5. The judge in this matter should hold f45 in contempt of court not because he disobeyed the court order

but because the USSC order giving f45 immunity makes it impossible for courts to enforce its orders, thus denying the lower court justices the ability to uphold the rule of law and Constitution. IMO this would force the USSC to address the issue of whether contempt of court is covered by their immunity decision.

[leftstreet]

6. But it would make great headlines

[Johnny2X2X]

7. It's just so cruel

Sure, a lot of people are making the best out of it and finding temporary help for food, but other families don't have any other options and are just preparing to go hungry. There are Americans who will go hungry without, and many are children and many more are the disabled or elderly.

Disgusting Trump is playing games with the most vulnerable Americans to score some cheap political points with his base.

[synni]

11. Thank you for your compassionate post

What's ironic is that many of the people he's hurting ARE his base, who voted for this.

[2naSalit]

8. Someone please...

Arrest the fucker again and not let him loose this time! JHFC!

[Prairie Gates]

13. He forgot what he said yesterday

Demented old fool.

[lame54]

14. Happy Thanksgiving

[Samael13]

15. Honestly was expecting that

He's thumbed his nose at every ruling by courts so far and the Supreme Court hasn't shown they will hold him accountable so what's he got to lose by giving the court order the finger. He will send his press secretary out to BS and say it'll be done but as she said its cumbersome and could take awhile but we all know its not being done.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Leavitt directly contradicts Trump's statement promising to withhold SNAP benefits from 3 hours prior

Link to tweet