Trump is slow-walking $5 billion in overdue November grocery money for needy people. Tikki Brown, the state director for the Children, Youth and Families agency, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been vague about a timeline. Trump’s agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, said the bookkeeping could take weeks. Even then the November aid will be only half the usual $185. A sinister explanation is that Trump’s calculus is that starved citizens will force Congress to yield and approve his budget, which is skewed to benefit rich people. Said U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota: “The administration should stop playing politics with hunger and use all available resources to ensure Americans can put food on the table.” Meanwhile, SNAP recipients, all low-income and no-income people, are crowding to foodbanks for free subsidence.
