President Trump criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP in an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham Monday night.

Why it matters: SNAP, a decades old anti-poverty program, is in the spotlight as the White House fights in court to avoid paying full benefits during the government shutdown.

Zoom in: "People keep talking about SNAP, but SNAP is supposed to be if you are down and out," he said on "The Ingraham Angle." • "That's what the purpose of it [is]. People are getting it, they walk in and they get it automatically now. So the number is many times what it should be, it's disgraceful." • The president said funding for the program has increased significantly, though he didn't specify over what time period: "Snap has gone from like 7 billion to many tim

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