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Fat Men Don't Starve - Well Trump Won't.

While judges forced Trump to feed 42 million hungry Americans, the President was busy demolishing the White House for his $250 million ballroom - and other things!

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Joshua Powell
Oct 31, 2025
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A judge had to force King Donald to feed his people.

In the United States of America, in the year 2025, it took two federal judges issuing emergency orders on Friday to compel the President to do what any halfway decent government does automatically: ensure that 42 million Americans don’t starve.

This wasn’t a theoretical crisis. SNAP benefits were scheduled to be distributed on November 1st—tomorrow. Families had already planned their grocery budgets around that date. Single mothers had calculated down to the dollar how to stretch $250 through the month. Elderly people on fixed incomes had counted on that money to afford their medications and their meals. Parents had promised their children there would be food.

And then the Trump administration said: No.

The arithmetic of hunger is brutal and immediate. SNAP isn’t a luxury program for people who’d like a little extra. It’s survival money for families already living on the edge. Two-thirds of recipients are households with children. Many …

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