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Trump rattled off some false claims to dismiss the idea that Americans are paying more at the grocery store.
The president hosted several Central Asian leaders in the East Room of the White House on Thursday night, where he took questions from reporters. At one point, Fox News White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked the president for his reaction to a federal judge’s ruling just hours earlier.
U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to issue full payments to beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, whose funding the administration claimed last week would lapse on Nov. 1 because of the ongoing government shutdown. Last Friday, two federal judges, including McConnell, ordered the government to continue funding the program, which the administration did, but only partially. On Thursday, McConnell told the administration to fully fund the program. The government is appealing the ruling.
“A federal judge said tonight that the administration has to fully SNAP,” Heinrich noted to Trump. “And the Justice Department said they’re going to appeal it. What’s your message to folks as they work this out in the courts and in Congress as we’re heading into Thanksgiving?”
Trump then reiterated his dubious claim that the cost of a Thanksgiving meal is down 25%, according to Walmart. However, Walmart reduced its basket of items from 29 last year to 15 this year,
The president then said he doesn’t want to hear about affordability:
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The president hosted several Central Asian leaders in the East Room of the White House on Thursday night, where he took questions from reporters. At one point, Fox News White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked the president for his reaction to a federal judge’s ruling just hours earlier.
U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to issue full payments to beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, whose funding the administration claimed last week would lapse on Nov. 1 because of the ongoing government shutdown. Last Friday, two federal judges, including McConnell, ordered the government to continue funding the program, which the administration did, but only partially. On Thursday, McConnell told the administration to fully fund the program. The government is appealing the ruling.
“A federal judge said tonight that the administration has to fully SNAP,” Heinrich noted to Trump. “And the Justice Department said they’re going to appeal it. What’s your message to folks as they work this out in the courts and in Congress as we’re heading into Thanksgiving?”
Trump then reiterated his dubious claim that the cost of a Thanksgiving meal is down 25%, according to Walmart. However, Walmart reduced its basket of items from 29 last year to 15 this year,
The president then said he doesn’t want to hear about affordability:
‘I Don’t Wanna Hear About the Affordability’: Trump Denies Americans Are Paying More for Food
President Donald Trump rattled off some false claims to dismiss the idea that Americans are paying more at the grocery store.