On November 6, 2025, Donald Trump invited representatives from Central Asia to a televised business meeting/meal. JD Vance and Marco Rubio were among the U.S. government officials attending the dinner. Although Trump asked journalists to focus their questions on the event's main theme of foreign affairs, they didn't always comply. One question brought up the ongoing government shutdown, specifically the battle to release funds for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). Rather than answer the query, Trump asked Vance to step in.

Q: A federal judge ruled that the administration has to fully fund SNAP. DOJ said they're gonna appeal. What's your message to folks as we're headed to Thanksgiving?

TRUMP: *looks at JD Vance* you wanna gowithater pic.twitter.com/r3xMIifPXg

— Aaron Ru

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