US EditionTrump 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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Speaker Johnson Defends Trump’s Gatsby-Themed Halloween Party as ‘Obligatory Tradition’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) rejected a reporter’s question about President Donald Trump holding a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween Party on Friday as federal food assistance was set to lapse. On Friday, Trump threw a bash at Mar-a-Lago amid the ongoing government shutdown and one day before funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was scheduled to run out. An Associated Press reporter relayed that the “theme is Gatsby and ‘a little…
Jon Stewart Torches Trump’s Gatsby-Themed Party Amid Looming Hunger Crisis: “Doesn’t Give A F— About Even Looking Like He Gives A F—“
Kicking off his monologue on tonight’s episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart addressed his recently renewed contract, thanking fans for their support, as well as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays, joking about America’s biggest “enemy” — Canada. Similar to John Oliver last night, the political comic delved straight into President Donald Trump‘s Great Gatsby-themed bash amid what’s shaping up to be a hunger crisis as …
Trump’s lavish Great Gatsby-themed party highlights gap between wealth and need
President Donald Trump’s hosting of a “Great Gatsby”-themed Halloween party Friday at Mar-a-Lago has drawn widespread criticism because it coincided with the expiration of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for approximately 42 million Americans the following day. This juxtaposition has intensified concerns about wealth inequality and the administration’s priorities. [1, 2]
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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