What did Donald Trump claim about government spending on 19 Nov 2025?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
But when I left, that number was $7 billion. Now it's $47 billion. That's Biden.
Wrong on both numbers. SNAP benefits were $107.0 billion in 2021, the year he left, and $95.8 billion in 2025, and they haven't been below $7 billion since 1979.
SNAP benefits were $73.9 billion in fiscal year 2020 and $107.0 billion in fiscal year 2021, the year he left office. They were $55.6 billion in fiscal year 2019, his lowest year. The last year benefits were below $7 billion was fiscal year 1979. Benefits in fiscal year 2025 were $95.8 billion (USDA Food and Nutrition Service, SNAP Data Tables, national annual summary).
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- Remarks at the United States-Saudi Investment Forum, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
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