Trump requires food aid boxes to come with a letter from him

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Source: Politico

By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH

The Agriculture Department last week began mandating that millions of boxes of surplus food for needy families include a letter from President Donald Trump claiming credit for the program.

The USDA’s $4 billion Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more than 100 million boxes to those in need since May, with the aim of redirecting meat, dairy and produce that might normally go to restaurants and other food-service businesses. But organizations handing out the aid complain the program is now being used to bolster Trump’s image a month before a high-stakes election — and some even have refused to distribute them.

“In my 30 years of doing this work, I've never seen something this egregious,” said Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Food Banks. "These are federally purchased boxes.”

The letter comes in both English and Spanish on White House letterhead and features Trump’s bold signature: “As President, safeguarding the health and well-being of our citizens is one of my highest priorities,” it reads. “As part of our response to coronavirus, I prioritized sending nutritious food from our farmers to families in need throughout America.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/01/trump-letter-food-aid-boxes-424230

[Docreed2003]

1. 🤬this is so freaking infuriating

[spooky3]

2. This guy doesn't pay a cent in taxes but claims credit? Nt

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. Disgusting

Seeing a letter from that orange pig in my food box will kill my appetite.

I'll send back that letter with fuck you trump
you loser written on it with a red sharpie.

Maybe if people who got that piece of shit letter could write fuck trump or any other rude comment on it and send it back to the white house.

One + for this is more$$$ to the post office.

[Grokenstein]

4. On-brand for the DERP (Desperate Evil Russian Puppet).

Contribute nothing, grab the credit.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. I would welcome a letter from Donald Trump in my food aid box.

I call it "kindling". A good cooking fire is a wonderful thing.

Collect enough Trump letters, and it's called "fuel". Enough to heat a can of beans, perhaps.

[mainer]

6. Just slap an explanatory letter on each box.

Telling the recipient that the enclosed letter was MANDATED by Trump, but that the food was purchased with money from US taxpayers, not the President.

[bw99]

7. adding letter from Trump makes this Political- not Gov't Business

Is he planning to reimburse the Gov't for the cost of the program?
If not, should be disciplined for violating Campaign Laws.

[Eugene]

8. Food banks are removing the signed letter Trump wanted to include in every food-aid box

Source: Washington Post

Food banks are removing the signed letter Trump wanted to include in every food-aid box

The third round of Farmers to Families Food Boxes will include a one-page letter from Trump in English and Spanish.

By Laura Reiley and Kim Bellware
10/1/2020, 1:47:14 p.m.

Thirty-five days before the election, food assistance boxes, doled out at food banks around the country, are coming with a surprise: a signed letter from President Trump. Anti-hunger advocates and food bank workers are outraged, saying the move violates the Hatch Act and compromises relationships with the food-insecure Americans they serve.

A letter in English and Spanish, on White House letterhead, exhorts needy Americans to wash hands and maintain social distance, closing with: “We will support Americans’ recovery every step of the way. Together we will overcome this challenge, and our Nation will emerge from this crisis stronger than ever before.” And then Trump’s distinctive signature.

San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is removing the letters at distribution sites and asking any of the neighborhood pantries in their network that receive these boxes to do the same, says Keely Hopkins, the food bank’s communications and social media manager.

Catherine Drennan, director of communications and public affairs at the Greater Boston Food Bank, confirmed that these Coronavirus Food Assistance Program emergency food boxes contain a letter signed by Trump.

“It is our understanding that the [U.S. Agriculture Department] is requiring all CFAP-contracted vendors to include this letter in every CFAP food box,” she said. “We’ve made it clear to our partners: We are not placing this letter in the box. We do not endorse any presidential candidate and have no connection to the letter and the inclusion of the letter in these boxes.”

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/01/food-bank-trump-campaign-literature/

[Blue Owl]

9. O Great Leader, toss me a morsel from thy golden tower

[Marthe48]

10. kill appetites, food lasts longer

n/t

[keithbvadu2]

11. Place his signature where he gets full credit.

Place his signature where he gets full credit.

[Stryst]

12. Serial killer memorabilia always sells well.

If you get one, it might be worth a few bucks come Jan 20th.