U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that food assistance benefits for the poor will be given out only when the U.S. government shutdown ends, despite a court order requiring his administration to make payments by Wednesday.

SNAP benefits “will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, referring to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

A 35-day stalemate on government funding between majority Republicans and Democrats in Congress has compromised benefits for nearly 7 million low-income Americans.

A federal court in Rhode Island on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to make full food aid benefit payments by Monday, or partial payments by Wednesday, while ackno

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