Trump officials admit 'error' as report tears apart math behind SNAP cuts

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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-snap-benefits/

Trump officials admit 'error' as report tears apart math behind SNAP cuts

Adam Nichols
November 6, 2025 12:13PM ET

Trump officials admitted to making a math error when they drew up plans to cut SNAP funds.

After initially announcing plans to cut SNAP benefits by 50 percent as the government entered its second month of a shutdown, the USDA reversed course Wednesday, stating in court that it done its sums incorrectly, and would now be funding 75 percent.

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"There’s no way to know whether the USDA made a genuine mistake or purposefully tried to shortchange families," The New Republic wrote.

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(Nope. Don’t believe it’s an error. More gameplaying. And didn’t judges order snap paid in full immediately? 75% is not in-full. Plus no payment date. This is exactly why we must not back down.)

[C_U_L8R]

1. It's straight out of Trump's original playbook

“THe Art of Ripping Off Vendors” with a new chapter for inflicting maximum pain on the poor, the sick and the elderly

[Mossfern]

2. This is a ploy

to make SNAP recipients grateful to the Trump administration for giving them a whopping 75% of what they should be getting.
We've seen this strategy before.

[haele]

3. It also opens the door to cutting benefits ...

"By our estimate, most people were able to survive on 75% what they normally get, that means we're giving them 25% too much..."
And cut food benefits as a government efficiency move.

[Mossfern]

5. Is that a real quote

or a supposition?

[haele]

7. Supposition.

I work in the Federal Government (and not getting paid as of last week, but - oh well, not the first time at this Rodeo ..) and have sat in enough budgeting discussions that I'd not be surprised to hear this Administration consider this.

[republianmushroom]

4. What a joke they are.

[vapor2]

6. Personally, I don't believe crap out of this regime

[lame54]

8. No way to know?...

WE ALL KNOW IT WAS DELIBERATE!!!

[William Seger]

9. I have a way of knowing

The entire administration is committed to doing whatever the prolific and blatant pathological liar tells them to do, if they want to keep their jobs, and #rump has already made it clear he wants to hold Americans hostage to get what he wants: to sooth his wounded ego by killing a health care plan named for his predecessor.

[ChicagoTeamster]

10. They are trying to reduce what is paid to minimize the deficit caused by money wasted on non budgeted spending on golf

And ICE hiring and the cost of the travel, apprehension, detention, National Guard deployments etc.

[Wicked Blue]

15. ... and gold-coating everything in what remains of the White House,

and paving the Rose Garden, and tearing down the East Wing, and handing billions to e-Loon and his Doge-shits.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. For a month.

[ultralite001]

12. Currently, a person 65 or older...

In our area may get $200 food assistance each month.., That’s $50 a week…

Cut that in half — that’s $25 a week

Change that to 75 percent… That’s $37.50 a week..

Something to be thankful for, I guess…

[littlemissmartypants]

13. There may be NO DECEMBER SNAP $$$$

They say they will use $4.65 billion to cover approximately 50% of the benefits due for November 2025 with a total expected cost for SNAP in November of about $8 billion, leaving a
shortfall of $4 billion and NO MONEY FOR DECEMBER.

[flashman13]

14. What part of pay 100% NOW don't these morons get?

[calimary]

16. But their whole game is "kick 'em when they're down".

That’s pretty much it, folks. Until we can kick him out of power (and INTO prison).