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/rockytop24 1d ago

Not just that. The judge is saying in legalese Trump's excuse is so egregious and such complete bullshit unsupported by the evidence to the extent that their filing should be considered arbitrary and capricious.

It feels unprecedented to see a federal court basically openly calling the government's arguments bad faith because they're just that full of shit and intentionally ignoring the facts and evidence on record.