{"id":2606027,"date":"2026-05-22T17:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-5-million-people-lifted-off-food-stamps-in-16-months\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:31:08","slug":"trump-says-5-million-people-lifted-off-food-stamps-in-16-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-5-million-people-lifted-off-food-stamps-in-16-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says 5 million people lifted off food stamps in 16 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-5-million-people-lifted-off-food-stamps-in-16-months%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2606027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump said that his economic agenda has helped remove nearly 5 million people from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of ... Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">food stamps<\/a> (SNAP) over the past 16 months, speaking at a rally in Rockland County, New York alongside Rep. Mike Lawler, GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, and New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart. He also highlighted claims of job growth and said tariff policies, tax cuts, and resulting increases in areas like manufacturing, wages, and construction are driving a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >broader economic upswing<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced on Friday that his economic policies had lifted 5 million people off <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/food-stamps\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"770\">food stamps<\/a> in the past 16 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump made the comments during a rally in Rockland County, New York, with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, and New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4580081\/democrats-celebrate-gabbards-resignation-as-republicans-thank-her\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats celebrate Gabbard\u2019s resignation, as Republicans thank her<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579840\/tulsi-gabbard-exit-trump-cabinet-fuels-queries-who-is-next\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s exit from the Trump administration fuels questions of who is next<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579701\/trump-missing-donald-jr-wedding-iran-war-deadline\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump missing son\u2019s wedding because of need to be at the White House as Iran war deadline looms<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve created 300,000 jobs in the last two months,\u201d Trump said. \u201cRemember this right now, more people are working in the United States than at any time ever before, by far, by a big number. And in 16 months, we<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-thought-he-lost-730000-on-robinhood-and-killed-himself-now-his-parents-are-suing\/\" title=\"He Thought He Lost 0,000 On Robinhood And Killed Himself. Now His Parents Are Suing.\">\u2019ve lifted<\/a> nearly 5 million Americans off of food stamps.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump added that his administration\u2019s tariff policies and tax cuts were leading to a boom in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/manufacturing\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2222\">manufacturing<\/a> and rising wages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnder our leadership, factory construction is up, new residential construction is way up, and consumer spending is way up,\u201d the president said. \u201cAmerican companies are ordering core capital goods to expand their operations at the highest rate in the history of our country.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4580187\/trump-forges-friendship-giants-quarterback-jaxson-dart-new-york-swing\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4580187\/trump-forges-friendship-giants-quarterback-jaxson-dart-new-york-swing\/\">TRUMP TIES HIMSELF TO GIANTS QUARTERBACK JAXSON DART DURING NEW YORK SWING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food stamps, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a government initiative that helps low-income individuals afford food by supplementing their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soda-companies-resist-maha-effort-to-cut-them-out-of-food-stamps\/\" title=\"Soda companies resist MAHA effort to cut them out of ...\">household grocery budgets<\/a>. It is administered through the Agriculture Department, and benefit levels are determined based on net income and household size, operating on the assumption that 30% of a household\u2019s net income is spent on food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SNAP, which has over 41 million recipients, is authorized through the farm bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump said his policies lifted nearly 5 million off food stamps in 16 months<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2606028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26142733308483.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34205,11892,3634],"class_list":["post-2606027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-food-stamps","tag-snap","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26142733308483.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606027"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2606031,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606027\/revisions\/2606031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2606028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}