“Without SNAP, tens of millions would go hungry — the first among a cascade of other health and financial harms that would befall those forced to go without enough food, particularly in the months leading up to winter,” wrote Rikelman, a Biden appointee. “These immediate, predictable, and unchallenged harms facing forty-two million Americans who rely on SNAP benefits — including fourteen million children — weigh heavily against a stay.” (POLITICO)
And yet the Trump Administration and his Republican sycophants ignore this dire necessity of life and the health and welfare of the innocent, to play politics, preferring to remain in the good graces of an evil sociopath, Trump.
There are so many reasons, as I see it, as to why Trump and his fellow Fascists will not find a means to release the necessary funding. One, Trump can never admit he is wrong; his ego and narcissistic illness prohibit him from accepting any or all mistakes. Two, as long as the government remains shut down, Trump can remain the King and make unilateral decisions without that pesky Legislative Branch of government providing some guardrails. And three, keeping the House of Representatives from going back to work, Trump buys more time to keep that governmental body from voting on releasing the Epstein Files, which, day by day, seem to scream his name as a key player.
Each second, each minute, each hour, each day, each week that goes by as people begin to go hungry, begin to starve, begin to have to prioritize, is it their shelter, is it their medical needs, or is it their nutrition which can be afforded, each moment seems like a premeditated murder plot by Trump and the Republicans.
