Behold the full horror of Donald Trump’s 25 percent food stamps cut
“President Donald Trump wants Congress to slash federal support for food assistance to the poorest Americans by some 25 percent over the next decade, the White House budget unveiled Tuesday shows. Such a deep cut could be backbreaking for the more than 40 million Americans — many of them children — who qualify for the nation’s premier anti-hunger program. But the nature of the cuts Trump proposes are, if anything, even more devastating than the topline numbers — a nearly $200 billion total reduction in federal spending to fight hunger, double the amount Republicans sought to cut last time they swung for the fences on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or food stamps) — suggest.”