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Trump hosted 'Great Gatsby' Halloween party hours before SNAP funding lapsed
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump attended a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago resort as 42 million Americans missed their first SNAP payment amid the government shutdown.
- The Trump administration refused to tap about $6 billion in emergency funds, and Trump said, `If we are given the appropriate legal direction by the Court, it will BE MY HONOR to provide the funding.`
- Guests at Mar-a-Lago wore 1920s attire on Oct. 31, 2025, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ivanka Trump, Tiffany Trump, Jared Kushner and Michael Boulos at the Gatsby-themed party.
- Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin accused Trump of ignoring Americans missing SNAP benefits, while House spokeswoman Anna Kelly dismissed critics, saying `These Democrats are full of it` Saturday.
- More than 12% of the U.S. population receives SNAP, including 16 million children, while observers flagged the Gatsby theming irony and online critics called the timing peak level tone deaf.
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Trump Throws “Great Gatsby” Party at Mar-a-Lago as Food Stamps End for Millions
President Trump held a lavish Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago Friday, just hours before an estimated 42 million people lost SNAP benefits across the country. Kirk Curnutt, the executive director of the international F. Scott Fitzgerald Society, says that while ”Gatsby is famous for its lavish party scenes, [what] people often miss is that the entire thrust of the book is to critique that conspicuous consumption and the wastage t
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