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Trump SNAP Cuts Cut 5 Million Enrollees, Spark Food Crisis

8/7/2026

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President Donald Trump’s SNAP cuts have sparked a food crisis.
USDA data cited by Steve Rattner show enrollment fell by 5 million, including 1.5 million children, after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut $186 billion from SNAP over ten years.
USDA reports food insecurity in eight Trump-voting states—Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama, Nevada and New Mexico.

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President Donald Trump’s SNAP cuts have sparked a food crisis.
USDA data cited by Steve Rattner show enrollment fell by 5 million, including 1.5 million children, after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut $186 billion from SNAP over ten years.
USDA reports food insecurity in eight Trump-voting states—Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama, Nevada and New Mexico.