Trump Admin: Feeding Americans 'Could Be' Harder Than Funding Genocide
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claims payments 'could be' made by Wednesday, but also suggests five Democrats could 'open the government' sooner. This manufactured crisis over feeding U.S. citizens stands in stark contrast to the effortless speed with which Congress approves military aid packages. For example, Rep. Brian Mast (FL-21), a vocal proponent of cutting domestic spending, received
$20,300 from AIPAC in 2022, according to OpenSecrets.org, consistently voting to greenlight unconditional aid to Israel while children in his own district go hungry. It appears the 'courts jamming up things' (Trump's words) is a convenient excuse when the administration is asked to uphold basic social safety nets, but never when it comes to shipping weapons abroad. How many federal judges must
demand basic human decency before feeding America's poor becomes as urgent as funding foreign wars?