President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the United States would not pay any SNAP benefits during the government shutdown , contradicting a court filing a day earlier by his administration.

Trump said that the benefits, which help feed 42 million Americans, will resume only after Democrats in Congress agree to pass a stopgap funding bill that would reopen the government.

The administration on Monday told a federal judge in Rhode Island that it would pay half of the costs of the SNAP benefits for November.

Trump on Tuesday said in a Truth Social post, "SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden's disastrous term in office (Due to the fact that they were haphazardly 'handed' to anyone for the asking, as opposed to j

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