A few weeks ago, he said there were "ample" funds to make full November SNAP payments in the event the shutdown continued.
Then, as we saw, he pivoted to saying that only half the money was available, and he was withholding even that to "punish" the people who hadn't voted for him.
Two courts ordered him to pay up, the second court in full. He said he would ignore the courts, as is his right as emperor.
He also said that November SNAP payments would be "withheld" as "punishment" regardless.
Several blue states took the second court's ruling to be lawful and immediately paid out full SNAP benefits. The Turd blew a fuse and ordered those states to "undo" the payments. He threatened "financial penalties" for those states that didn't immediately comply with his imperial decree. He didn't include instructions as to how those states should "un-pay" SNAP recipients.
Interesting side note: in Oregon, when the payments went out on Friday, there was a blizzard of messages on social media saying, correctly as it turned out, that Trump would try to block or rescind those payments and those who received them should go out and spend it all NOW.
It was a busy weekend at Oregon's grocery stores.
There are now lawsuits in the works to stop the Turd from exacting "retribution," such as cutting off December payments.
And only two weeks ago, the Turd posted on Lies Social that he was "PROUD to fully fund SNAP"!
Lying, evil bastard.
I'm consoled by the fact that this will cost the Republicans millions of votes. Who will vote for a party that wants to starve their children?
(MAGA/Millerscum will say ITZ AWL DEMMURKATS FAWLT, but Trump itself said, promised in fact, that there was "ample" funding, which for once was the truth (which is why he later pivoted).)
Blue wave coming!!