Demand Progress

As SNAP benefits expired last week, Trump threw a "Great Gatsby" themed luxury MAGA party at Mar-A-Lago.¹ Trump and his ultra-rich friends are celebrating as 42 million people face hunger.

Despite federal court orders to release emergency funding for SNAP, Trump said he’ll do it "only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government."² The White House press secretary claims, counter to what Trump said, that partial SNAP benefits are going out with delays.³

Trump’s regime is creating mass confusion as people worry about how they’ll afford groceries. Congress must protect SNAP benefits now!

Sign the petition: End Trump’s political games — guarantee full SNAP funding NOW!

Trump and the GOP are holding the country at a standstill so the Trump administration can execute its Project 2025 playbook — gut the social safety net, tear apart the federal government, and punish Democratic cities.

As food banks warn of an impending crisis and millions of people worry about feeding their families, Trump’s MAGA Secretary of Agriculture said that SNAP is "so bloated, so broken, so dysfunctional, so corrupt that it is astonishing when you dig in."⁴ The Trump administration wants to cut these benefits no matter what the courts say, and no matter how many people will suffer.

Trump is playing political games with the SNAP benefits that 42 million people rely on to put food on their tables. Congress must end this cruelty and uncertainty.

Sign the petition: Guarantee SNAP benefits NOW!

Sources:

1. USA Today, "Trump held 'Great Gatsby'-themed Halloween party as SNAP benefits were due to be cut off,” November 2, 2025.
2. CNBC, "Trump suggests U.S. won’t pay any SNAP benefits during shutdown, contradicting court filing,” November 4, 2025.
3. Politico, "Americans will still get partial SNAP benefits despite Trump post, White House says,” November 4, 2025.
4. NPR, "As SNAP funding lapsed, a top official called the program 'corrupt',” November 4, 2025.