Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the profit the Trump family has made off the presidency “could actually pay for a full year of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for about 1.3 million people.”
Clinton made the remarks on Wednesday’s episode of “On with Kara Swisher,” part of the limited series “High Stakes,” which she co-hosts with Kara Swisher.
Clinton on SNAP and Presidential Profits
“The profit that the Trump family has made off of the presidency could actually pay for a full year of SNAP benefits for about 1.3 million people, more than 600 million free school lunches, or three months of groceries for the 5.2 million people who have been thrown off SNAP,” Clinton said.
She added: “So that’s putting it into, you know, very concrete terms. You’re wasting your tax money. The corruption is rife. It’s undermining government services, even our national defense.”
Clinton said the corruption “is hurting people who should be able to get some support because of their, you know, needs for food or their need to pay their bills.”
Clinton on Pardons, Courts and Congress
Clinton also said contracts given to Trump’s family and associates waste taxpayer money, and she criticized his pardons of people convicted of health care fraud. She pointed to court rulings against Trump, including the 34 felony counts in the hush money case, the civil fraud finding, and the Carroll case, as the evidence behind calling him a “fraudster.” She said electing a Democratic Congress is needed to go after corruption, and that she favors looking at expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices rather than imposing term limits.
SNAP Changes Under H.R. 1
Clinton’s remarks come as a major SNAP change took effect Oct. 1, with states now covering 75% of the program’s administrative costs, up from 50%. About 5.2 million Americans have lost SNAP benefits since H.R. 1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, was enacted, according to an analysis by the Food Research & Action Center.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) previously wrote on X that “5 million people have already lost food assistance, including 1.5 million+ kids since the bill was enacted.”
The White House had defended the changes. Spokesperson Anna Kelly previously said that Trump is “strengthening SNAP for the Americans who need it,” adding that the law restores work requirements and introduces cost-sharing with states.
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