Trump food security survey cut makes hunger measuring harder

Thursday, July 09, 2026

The canceled USDA survey had tracked household food security for 30 years. The last report found 13.7% of US households were food insecure, a 10-year high. About 4.7 million people, or 11% of participants, have lost SNAP benefits since Trump cuts went into effect.

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... President Donald Trump's cancellation last year of a government food security survey could make it difficult to assess whether his cuts to the food stamp program lead to a rise in U.S. hunger, especially among children.

Trump's tax and spending law signed last July shifted significant Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program spending to states and expanded work requirements, among other changes.

Since then, 4.7 million people -- about 11% of participants -- have lost SNAP benefits, or food stamps, with that figure expected to rise as states continue implementing the changes.

Trump, a Republican, last September canceled the U.S. Department of Agriculture's survey, which for 30 years served as a measure of a household's access to enough food for a healthy lifestyle.

At the time, the USDA called the survey, which officials used to inform policy and agency programs, "redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous," in a press release. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-09 11:47 AM | Reply

If less hunger is measured, then less hunger exists?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-09 12:15 PM | Reply

"4.7 million people, or 11% of participants, have lost SNAP benefits since Trump cuts went into effect"

The states who lost these subsidies lost them because they refused to stop pilfering federal monies.

They were put on notice to clean up their act; the rug wasn't jerked out from under them. And no one is keeping these states from distributing the funds from their own budgets.

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-09 01:04 PM | Reply

Headline fail, should read:

Trump's destruction of the federal government makes hunger measuring harder.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-09 01:06 PM | Reply

#3 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

Hey stupid.

Your boy Trump is wasting billions on wars.

You simply hate poor Americans.

Cheering on tax cuts for billionaires you don't need it

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-09 01:08 PM | Reply

Cheering on tax cuts for billionaires *who* don't need it.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-09 01:09 PM | Reply

Re 3

That's truly amazing!

How many lies can one man swallow!

Wow.

SACRAMENTO " Following two lawsuits filed by California and other states and a coalition of others, California families are beginning to see their full SNAP benefits restored on their EBT cards. Earlier today, a court ordered the Trump administration to immediately issue 100% of funding for 5.5 million California SNAP recipients. Following the regular process for providing CalFresh benefits, benefits are now beginning to be available on recipients' cards so that families can again access the food they need.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-09 01:10 PM | Reply

The states who lost these subsidies lost them because they refused to stop pilfering federal monies.

And there is the lie.

There was fraud in the system but not by the Dem state governments. .

It was because the federal government did not fund proper security measures upgrades.

CA took it upon itself to upgrade its EBT cards (the first to do so) so they could no longer be "skimmed" by criminals. Reducing fraud by 83%.

It was an easily solved problem.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-09 01:17 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

And there is the lie.
There was fraud in the system but not by the Dem state governments. .

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-09 01:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

No one ever claimed it was Dem states. I posted state by state who had the largest discrepancies the first time this made news here.

Alaska was the worst of all states with 25% of federal money not making it to those it was intended for.

You're the idiot who has to spin this shit into a partisan issue every time.

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-09 01:55 PM | Reply

No one ever claimed it was Dem states. I posted state by state who had the largest discrepancies the first time this made news here.

lol. Well you got me! You did not say "Dems".

Are you seriously going to suddenly pretend you are not partisan? Nice try.

The lie is this:

The states who lost these subsidies lost them because they refused to stop pilfering federal monies.

The STATES were not pilfering federal money. Criminals in those states were taking advantage of the lax security in the program.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-09 02:02 PM | Reply

The states within the highest amount of fraud are Texas and Florida.

But Trump, his administration and our republican owned and controlled corporate media will never talk about that.

Because those are Trump's states.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-09 02:14 PM | Reply