SNAP is shut down as of November 1
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Hmmm... trump is sending $40 billion to Argentina, so that would have covered 5 months of SNAP benefits.
Well, that is not true... Moving on.
Can you even imagine what kind of desperate leper it would take to actually mount that rhino?
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No, "Trump" is not "sending $40 billion to Argentina", Salty Walty, and furthermore, if you're suggesting that a president (not a king) can arbitrarily and unilaterally reroute funding, please explain.
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Update for the uninformed:
President Trump has publicly announced his intention to take action to continue SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits whose funding expired due to the Schumer shutdown, which threatened to halt payments for approximately 42 million recipients starting today.
In a late Friday (October 31) post on Truth Social, President Trump stated "It will BE MY HONOR to provide the funding, just like I did with Military and Law Enforcement Pay," while noting potential delays in distribution due to the Schumer shutdown and state-level logistics.
President Trump has publicly announced his intention to take action to continue SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits whose funding expired due to the Schumer shutdown, which threatened to halt payments for approximately 42 million recipients starting today.
In a late Friday (October 31) post on Truth Social, President Trump stated "It will BE MY HONOR to provide the funding, just like I did with Military and Law Enforcement Pay," while noting potential delays in distribution due to the Schumer shutdown and state-level logistics.
trump as president was given the power to spend $40 billion on monetary emergencies. trump decided to order US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to spend it all on Argentina. There is also the promise that we will send as much as needed more, though it is going to get tough to find the more money.
So yes, trump did send it. trump was given the power to unilaterally decide. We all may be regretting that now, but it is what happened.
She sounds bitter that Schumer has cut her SNAP off. Oh Well.
My mother had a low IQ friend that lived on $800 a month. My mom helped her get on SNAP and they kicked her back back off 6 months later. I thought if anyone needed help she did. I sent her 100 a month via my mom. We would give her veggies from our garden in East Texas and a hog when we shot feral pigs. I bought her a small chest freezer to keep meat in. So she did OK till she died from emphysema.
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You certainly appear to be ill-informed, Salty Walty.
The term "monetary emergency" isn't a formally defined category in U.S. federal law like "national emergency" (under the National Emergencies Act of 1976) or "major disaster" (under the Stafford Act). However, it generally refers to acute financial or economic crises, such as:
- Banking panics or liquidity shortages (e.g., addressed by the Federal Reserve under Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act).
- Sovereign debt defaults or currency instability.
- Hyperinflation or deflationary spirals.
SNAP funding issues fall under fiscal policy (government budgeting) rather than monetary policy (money supply and interest rates).
The expiration of SNAP benefits is not designated as a "monetary emergency" under U.S. law or by any federal authority.
Emergency powers refer to the authority granted to executive officials to act beyond normal legal constraints in response to urgent threats that cannot be addressed through ordinary legislative or administrative procedures. In the United States, the most significant emergency powers available to the President are those authorized by the National Emergencies Act (NEA).
The NEA allows the President to unilaterally declare a national emergency, triggering access to over 120 statutory powers. These may include deploying military forces, freezing assets, restricting telecommunications, or regulating commerce. A declaration must include a justification, and the President is required to report to Congress periodically on actions taken and associated costs.
Presidents have wide latitude under the NEA to declare emergencies (over 40 are active as of 2025, mostly for sanctions or foreign threats).
Think so, Salty Walty?
The $20 billion U.S. portion of the $40 billion financial package to Argentina consists of a temporary currency swap from the Treasury Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF), which is authorized solely for stabilizing the U.S. dollar and international exchange rates,not for domestic spending like SNAP benefits.
The other $20 billion comes from private sources, which the President cannot redirect.
Under the Impoundment Control Act, the President could attempt to withhold or rescind appropriated foreign aid funds, but even then, redirection to mandatory programs like SNAP requires congressional approval and is legally constrained by appropriation laws that prohibit such transfers.
Courts have blocked similar attempts to misuse emergency funds for SNAP during shutdowns, confirming the President lacks unilateral authority here.
Trump met with Argentine President Javier Milei at the White House on October 14, 2025, where he publicly endorsed the aid.
No, Salty Walty, there is no evidence that President Trump made this exact statement, or any close paraphrase, regarding the currency swap. Extensive searches across web sources, recent social media posts, and specific video clips of Trump's comments yield no matches for this phrasing.
Is that right, Salty Walty?
Who's "we", Salty Walty?