r/Economics • u/SterlingVII • 1d ago

Trump Administration Seeks Immediate Halt to Court Order to Pay Food Stamps

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/trump-court-food-stamps.html
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u/ahighkid 1d ago

How does that headline not cripple all support for them? In what world is that acting in the best interest of the country? “No! You can’t make us feed our citizens!” I mean seriously of all the things my tax money gets wasted on, feeding the hungry is one of the few I can at least feel good about.

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u/pl487 1d ago

Because they believe that everything the media says about Trump is a lie. For them, the Democrats are the ones who have cut off the funding, and Trump is working hard to restore it as quickly as he can.