US President Donald Trump has indicated that the government will not pay any Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the ongoing shutdown, contradicting a court filing made by his administration just a day earlier.
On Tuesday, Trump stated that SNAP benefits would only be restored once Democrats agree to pass a stopgap funding bill to end the government shutdown. In a post on Truth Social, he claimed: 'SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden's disastrous term in office... will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!'
