President Donald Trump arrived in Malaysia over the weekend looking unusually upbeat for a leader presiding over a government shutdown. Cameras captured him smiling broadly, waving and greeting officials as he stepped off Air Force One — then doing something that instantly set social media ablaze.

The ongoing shutdown is now in its fourth week, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned it will stop sending out SNAP benefits this week even though 42 million low-income and disabled Americans relay on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to feed their families.

The USDA announced on its website Monday that no new benefits will be issued as of Saturday, Nov. 1, if the shutdown continues, and so far there’s no end in sight.

And yet, halfway around the world, Trump was all smiles

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