Trump\u2019s opulent Friday night Halloween bash\u2014themed around F. Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s iconic Prohibition-era literary critique of the wealth, excess and moral emptiness of privilege built atop societal inequality\u2014came the night before funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program expired due to the ongoing government shutdown.<\/p>\n
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Newsom shredded Trump over the deeply ironic optics of the president’s Halloween bash. X\/Gavin Newsom <\/p>\n
Footage from the Mar-a-Lago soiree shows Trump seated at a lavish banquet table, chatting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio while his officials and allies mingled with celebrities and loyal supporters of the MAGA movement, all decked out in glitzy Jazz Age costumes. <\/p>\n
Roughly 42 million Americans rely on the food stamp program, which had already suffered cuts worth an estimated $186 billion under the president\u2019s \u201cBig, Beautiful Bill\u201d spending measures earlier in July. One Republican Congressman told affected constituents earlier this week they might minimize impact if they chose to \u201cstop smoking crack<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n You can\u2019t make this up: Trump is holding a Great Gatsby themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from tens of millions of Americans. The tagline for the party is \u201cA Little Party Never Killed Nobody\u201d and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/XHtbi9g3ka<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Alex cali (@Alexcal45470092) November 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n There was little hope this week of a last-minute breakthrough amid the funding deadlock, expected to surpass the previous record for overall duration come Wednesday, which was set at 35 days during a partial shutdown under the first Trump administration in 2019. <\/p>\n The earlier shutdown primarily stemmed from disputes about border wall funding. The current impasse concerns a far wider set of bitter disagreements that cut to the heart of Trump\u2019s agenda, ranging from healthcare and food subsidies to climate programs and federal spending caps.<\/p>\n Amid inflation and ongoing uncertainty caused by the president\u2019s trade war with much of the rest of the planet, economic losses are thought to have ranged from $7 to $15 billion, or a 0.1-2 percent shrinkage in GDP, for each week the shutdown has lasted so far. <\/p>\n Since the shutdown began on Oct. 1, the Trump administration has been at pains to frame the funding lapse as a result of unreasonable Democratic demands for increased healthcare spending.<\/p>\n Many federal agency websites currently display banners faulting the \u201cradical left\u201d for the suspension to their operations, despite a ban on federal employees engaging in political messaging under the 1939 Hatch Act. <\/p>\n Those efforts may not have gained the traction hoped for by the MAGA White House. Latest polls suggest that with more than 75 percent of voters concerned about the ongoing hiatus, just under half<\/a> lay the blame squarely at Trump and the GOP\u2019s feet.<\/p>\n