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Robert Reich

Trump is threatening the basic needs of poor Americans. How low he has sunk

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‘It is the most dramatic reversal of FDR’s moral test in American history.’ Photograph: Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/Zuma/Shutterstock

The Democrats had a great day on Tuesday. It’s crucial that they hone their economic message for next year’s midterms to focus on affordability and fairness.

Trump is doing the opposite. Although a federal court ordered him to continue to provide food stamps to about 42 million low-income Americans who depend on them, Trump threatened to deny them anyway until the end of the government shutdown.

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