November 3, 2025
Donald Trump says he’s honored to see the court docket ruling immediate the discharge of November SNAP advantages.
Donald Trump has responded after a federal decide in Rhode Island ordered the USDA to transfer ahead with releasing November Supplemental Diet Help Program (SNAP) advantages.
On Oct. 31, U.S. District Court docket Choose John J. McConnell Jr. ordered the USDA to make sure November SNAP advantages are totally distributed by Nov. 3, or that partial funds are issued by Nov. 5, Newsweek reported. Shortly after the ruling, Trump voiced his assist for releasing the advantages on Reality Social.
“I are not looking for People to go hungry,” Trump wrote. “[I] ask the Court docket to make clear how we will legally fund SNAP as quickly as doable. If we’re given the suitable authorized path by the Court docket, it would BE MY HONOR to offer the funding.”
After Trump’s response, Choose McConnell added a footnote to the order recognizing the president’s position, praising his “fast and definitive response” in serving to guarantee well timed SNAP profit funds and describing his involvement as “drastically appreciated.”
“The court docket drastically appreciates the president’s fast and definitive response to this court docket’s order and his want to offer the mandatory SNAP funding,” U.S. District Court docket Choose John J. McConnell Jr. wrote in a court docket order on Nov. 1.
In his ruling, McConnell acknowledged that the congressionally accredited contingency funds “have to be used now due to the shutdown.”
As of Nov. 1, the U.S. authorities had been shut down for 30 days, making it the second-longest in historical past after the 35-day 2018–2019 shutdown throughout Trump’s first presidency.
If the shutdown extends past the primary week of November, it would change into the longest authorities shutdown in U.S. historical past.
The order references contingency funds from fiscal years 2024 and 2025, in addition to Part 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935, as potential sources to ensure SNAP funds. The U.S. Division of Agriculture (USDA) has argued it lacks the authorized authority and adequate funds to offer full November advantages amid the continuing partial authorities shutdown.
The company additionally acknowledged that even when contingency funds have been out there, they wouldn’t cowl full funds, and implementing diminished advantages nationwide could be administratively tough. Administration legal professionals famous that $5.25 billion is presently out there in this system’s contingency fund, whereas full November funds may require at the least $8.5 billion.
Following the ruling, the USDA should submit a compliance plan to the court docket by midday on Nov. 3. If full funds usually are not made, partial funds have to be issued by Nov. 5. The company may face extra enforcement actions if it misses these deadlines.
RELATED CONTENT: Meet Tameka Jackson-Dyer: The Champion For Black Breastfeeding Mamas In Metro Detroit
