Add thelocalreport.in As A Trusted Source
President Donald Trump has been criticized for attending a lavish ceremony great Gatsby-Themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago a few hours before Vital food assistance program that millions of people depend on The Americans were going to make a mistake.
About 42 million Americans depend on it Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program But due to the ongoing government shutdown, funding for the crucial plan ended on November 1.
Meanwhile, Trump was seen enjoying a Halloween party at his Palm Beach residence, surrounded by guests in Roaring 20s-style getups.
According to , Gatsby and “a little party never killed anybody” was the “official theme” of the night. associated Press,
Leading Democrats accuse the President of prioritizing his “billionaire” friends Over the American people.
“Donald Trump hosted a Great Gatsby party while SNAP benefits were about to disappear for 42 million Americans,” California Governor Gavin Newsom said in a post on Twitter.
“Trump hosted a Gatsby party for billionaires while SNAP benefits end for 41 million Americans today,” California Rep. Ro Khanna said on Twitter. Tax the rich. Feed hungry Americans.
Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut said, “The way he rubs his inhumanity in the faces of Americans never ceases to shock me.” “He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…while he throws a ridiculous Gatsby party for his right-wing millionaire and corporate friends.”
Trump sat next to his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, at a table in the middle of the room.
The party featured dancers in flapper costumes entertaining guests.
Responding to the criticism, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said Independent That the Democrats are “full of it.”
“President Trump has consistently called on them to do the right thing and reopen the government, which they can do at any time,” Kelly said. “Unfortunately, Gavin Newscom, Chuck Schumer and congressional Democrats would rather focus on providing health care for illegal immigrants than protecting American citizens from suffering.”
On Halloween, Trump also revealed that he had renovated the bathroom in the White House Lincoln Bedroom.
“I renovated the Lincoln bathroom in the White House,” she said, sharing photos of the new gold and marble look on Truth Social. “It was renovated in the 1940s in the Art Deco green tile style, which was completely inappropriate for the Lincoln era. I did it in black and white polished statuary marble. It was very appropriate for Abraham Lincoln’s time and, in fact, may have been the marble that was originally there!”
Legal challenges mounted on Friday as one federal judge ordered Trump to release emergency funding for SNAP before the Nov. 1 cutoff, while another ruled that the government was possibly illegally withholding the emergency money.
Trump said he wanted the courts to “make clear” how he can legally fund the program “as quickly as possible” and he blamed Democrats for the funding lapse.
“I don’t want Americans to go hungry just because radical Democrats refuse to do the right thing and reopen the government,” he posted on Truth Social on Halloween.
Trump said, “If we are given the appropriate legal direction by the court, it would be my honor to provide funding, as I did with military and law enforcement salaries.”
In a ruling from the bench on Friday, Rhode Island District Judge Jack McConnell said, “There is no doubt, and beyond argument, that if the government stops funding SNAP, which supports approximately 42 million Americans and their families, irreparable harm will continue to be done”.
He said during a virtual court hearing that families are already experiencing “panic” at the prospect that they could lose access to benefits on Saturday without immediate congressional action or Trump administration intervention.
Meanwhile, Massachusetts District Judge Indira Talwani has given the Trump administration until Monday to decide whether it will release those emergency funds to keep SNAP running. But he said it was probably illegal for the government to suspend the program.
“We will not kill everyone,” he said during the hearing of the case on Thursday.
McConnell ordered the administration to use emergency funds – amounting to more than $5 billion – to keep SNAP running, at least partially, during the federal government shutdown, and to identify other potential federal funds to support the program, absent any new funds from Congress.
A Democratic leaders of 25 states sued The argument is that the Department of Agriculture is legally required to continue funding the program as long as contingency funds are available to support it.
With reporting by Alex Woodward