"Too Stupid for Words": Trump pulls back 20 semi trucks of food from Cleveland's food bank

[Nevilledog]

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/03/too-stupid-for-words-trump-pulls-back-20-semi-trucks-of-food-from-clevelands-food-bank.html

The Greater Cleveland Food Bank faces a crisis that could leave thousands of Northeast Ohioans hungry as early as this week, bringing harsh criticism of the Donald Trump administration from “Today in Ohio” podcast hosts Chris Quinn and Lisa Garvin.

“The food bank is facing cancellation of 20 semi trucks full of food, and that could happen as early as this week,” explained Garvin. “This food is coming from the Federal Emergency Food Assistance Program. Each truck holds 100,000 pounds of food. So that’s $2 million worth of food.”

Garvin noted the truckloads represent about “a week’s worth of food for Northeast Ohio.” The cancellations appear to be part of broader federal spending cuts, but the hosts questioned whether this decision was deliberate policy or simply incompetence.

“I’ve got to think that Trump himself doesn’t know about this because this is too stupid for words,” Quinn said bluntly. “Nothing drives you more than hunger.”

The podcast highlighted how the cancellations would impact not just recipients but also local farmers. The food bank expects to lose “a million pounds of food from local... Food for Purchase Assistance,” which provides fresh food from area farmers to food banks. Garvin explained that “losing this program means that they can’t meet the demand for fresh food or protein, which is really expensive to replace and really hard to get donated to the food bank.”

*snip*

The cruelty is the point.

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. Too stupid for words. That's tRump.

[newdeal2]

2. And many of his voters

America First right

[GiqueCee]

44. "Many?"

... Try every damned one of 'em. One cannot be a good person and a Trump voter; they are mutually exclusive concepts. And the only way one could be reasonably intelligent and a Trump voter, is if one is just as malevolent and hateful as he is, with equally malicious motives.
I've excised some family members from my life because of their continued support for that fucking monster.

[blubunyip]

80. sadly

I have to agree, in general.

I make an allowance for those who realize their terrible mistake at this point-- to at least be aspiring, wannabe good people. If they can admit it, they can change.

I used to give everybody the benefit of the doubt. Not any more. You have to firmly turn your back on them. It's hard, but it's the only way. And now it could not be clearer that excusing them is dangerous.

[NBachers]

47. Put the "I can't be bothered to vote" crowd in that category as well.

[BComplex]

33. I really believe trump and his goons are dying for there to be huge protests so he can send out the military.

He really wants to shoot Americans in the street. He's been wanting it since his last term. It's obvious to me that he's wanting that so bad he can taste it.

[GiqueCee]

54. You are absolutely right...

... because Trump, loud-mouthed braggart that he is, has openly stated that he wants any excuse to impose martial law, and he's getting closer to it. It is imperative that everyone keeps focused, not only on his blatantly obscene attacks on the law, the courts, individual judges, and the entire Constitution, but the irrefutable fact of his obsequious deference and willing service to Putin and his obsession with destroying America from within. And Republicans are happy to help him do it; they have always despised the very concept of democracy, and now they're not even making a pretense of respect for it. Just listen to skid marks like Mike Lee (R) Utah, and others as they openly disparage democracy.
My hatred of conservatism, a mental disorder on the dark end of the sociopathy spectrum, has always burned hotter than the surface of the Sun, but now it has gone supernova.
You may surmise that I feel strongly about this subject, and you would be right.

[kkmarie]

69. This has been his wet dream

Krasnov can't wait to shoot people, someone, anyone! I think the protests at tesla are going to be where we see the first shootings. This regime is coming down hard on the protesters threatening to charge them as domestic terrorists. So it's either start shooting them or ship them to El Salvador.

[OldBaldy1701E]

70. Yep. That is his hope.

I am curious as to what will happen once this comes to pass. Either the forces that be will refuse to attack U.S. civilians, or we are going to have a civil war on our hands as the forces that be find out we are not as helpless as they want us to be.

One way or another, we are headed for something. Hoe bad it will be depends on how much we want this crap to stop.

Because, if we do not respond accordingly to such a blatant attack on the very fabric of our lives, one has to conclude that we want this.

[CrispyQ]

88. Willfully ignorant is worse than just plain stupid.

It's been painful for me to discover how horribly mis/uninformed some people I know are. College educated people, professionals in their fields, & who are so mis/uninformed it's scary.

[OldBaldy1701E]

94. Yep. That is my mother.

One would think she was intelligent and cultured.

Like many teens, I had some major questions about what I began to perceive as a hypocritical behavior from some people and some authority figures. However, she did not want to discuss certain topics and would not even acknowledge certain issues. I would try to talk to her about them and how these things were important to me, but she would not even respond to my queries. She would instead start another conversation about some banal item. If someone were to walk by the room, they would have been confused, because before seeing what was going inside, one would think there were at least four people in there because there were two different conversations going on.

So, it is probably no wonder that I am as messed up as I am, thanks to such complete and willful ignorance of reality. Some people don't want to live in reality. I live with one now, in fact. They strive to be anywhere but in their own skin. (A lot of the times, these are the same people who cannot handle being wrong about something either. So, being a 'denier' makes this easier for them.)

[Grim Chieftain]

38. Yup, and too wicked for words

There is no depth of cruelty, vengeance and depravity that is too much for him. He is evil personified.

[birdographer]

48. That was my response, too

It describes him perfectly, how can this guy think donny doesn’t know? He lives to do this kind of stuff, he thrives on it.

[the nelm]

60. And this is Ohio? A state he carried by about 10 points?

Sorry MAGA, but his "retribution" is for everyone, not just those that opposed him. How's that "winning' going for y'all?

[samplegirl]

75. I'm about 50 min

From Cleveland and this is so sad as we have needy here in N.E. Ohio everywhere where I live!
These MAGA just stormed Ohio
Where I live and got rid of all democrats! I hope they all pay for what they are doing!

[Bengus81]

89. Pretty damn simple last Nov to vote for someone who would protect rights OR someone

who promised to be a fucking DICTATOR from day one and has lived up to that fascism since days one. People in Ohio had a choice just like all other States.

[riversedge]

86. 'too CRUEL for words. That's tRump.' --actually many negitive words would fit the likes of Trump!

[spanone]

3. He's an evil shitstain.

[BeyondGeography]

4. What's too stupid for words is the notion that 'Trump' and 'stupid'

are somehow incompatible.

[EndlessWire]

5. "Nothing drives you more than hunger."

This is a true statement. And the Food Bank is acknowleging that people are dependent on it to feed themselves. This is solid evidence that rump is creating hunger. It doesn't have a whole lot to say for "lowering food prices" when you can't receive even free food for your family.

[FirstLight]

25. This sentence stuck out to me too...

Because if you th8ink about the French revolution, it was due to starvation as well...

he's either trying to get people to act out , or he's just that cruel and stupid...

[LT Barclay]

65. The goal is drastic population reduction.

The wealthy do understand the warnings about global warming, extinction crisis, habitat loss.

THIS IS THEIR ANSWER!!

[lonely bird]

74. It is also

Destruction of cities because that is where Dem voters live.

[blubunyip]

84. I think they do understand it

and are into genocide where ever they can get it, as a solution.

[underpants]

52. It will almost certainly mean an increase in crime

People are going to eat whether it’s just them but especially if a family is involved.

The same for his copper tariffs. Any rental and house in construction will be open to be stripped due to the increase in scrap price.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

68. Food bank saved my ass.

Sometimes when the deals at the grocery store aren’t there my food stamps don’t go far. That’s when the food bank is a lifesaver. I have gone to my program without having food for a few days. Everyone could tell I was ravenous they gave me what they didn’t want and the guy who cooks for my program gave me food to take home. I was so grateful that day to everybody .Was a little embarrassed wolfing down my food tho. Hunger can make you do shit you normally wouldn’t do.

This was years before I got diabetes so don’t worry

[Norrrm]

6. Will Donald and Jared sell it to China like eighteen tons of Covid supplies?

[kimbutgar]

7. So is the food going to rot in the trucks ?

I heard this was also done in Delaware.

[karynnj]

8. Rather than too stupid I would say too heartless

I agree that it is stupid, but it is done with intent and knowledge of the pain it would create. It is cruel.

[markodochartaigh]

20. Exactly.

It isn't a deficit of intelligence, many of these people have Ivy League educations. It is a deficit of empathy.

Too many people "on both sides" equate intelligence, beauty, and wealth with being morally good.

[elleng]

9. Too stupid for words!

[tanyev]

10. Trump may or may not know, BUT WHY DO THEY THINK HE WOULD CARE?

[Blues Heron]

11. More like too evil for words

They know what they are cutting and why.

[tonkatoy8888]

12. Are these people stupid?

“I’ve got to think that Trump himself doesn’t know about this because this is too stupid for words,” Quinn said bluntly. “Nothing drives you more than hunger.”

I'm sick of this, "Oh, if Trump only knew about this, he'd fix it right away" bullshit.

The only time anyone in the Trump administration will care about this is when hungry, angry people are chasing them down Pennsylvania Avenue with ropes in hand.

If you were alive and sentient during the first Trump interregnum you knew that the prime motivator for Trump is cruelty. Just didn't think it would be cruelty that affected something that was important to you? Well, you were wrong.

[harumph]

14. we are in the era of the deliberately obtuse.

[markpkessinger]

31. Indeed! it's rather like "If Only the Fhrer Knew!" from an earlier era! n/t

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[Richard58]

83. Exactly!

I am guessing the person who said that was a Trump supporter. He just can't imagine that Trumpy would do such a thing. After all, Trumpy is so pro-working class right? No one should ever give Trump the benefit of the doubt. He's a monster, plain and simple. And he loves cruelty.

[jmowreader]

13. I think $100,000 worth, not 100,000 pounds

Unless you've got permits that are almost impossible to get for a load like this, a truck will only carry 43,000 pounds of cargo.

Either way, this is a disaster of epic proportions that's only there because Trump thrives on hurting people.

[Abolishinist]

16. Right. Also, 20 trucks x $100,000 equals $2 million.

Interesting aside - I tried using the equal sign (=) in the title and it deletes it when posting.

[LoisB]

27. Interesting aside - I tried using the equal sign () in the title and it deletes it when posting.

That happened to me also. I have no idea why.

[tblue37]

43. Equal signs have never shown up in titles here.

[LoisB]

59. Thank you.

[Codifer]

19. I was going to say the same.

[ProfessorGAC]

46. Struck Me, As Well

The gross weight limit on the interstate highway system is 80,000#.
So, there can't be a load of 100,000# unless the trailer & tractor weighs negative 20,000#.
I know there are heavy equipment exceptions (hauling big endloaders, for instance), but that requires special permits & a pretty hefty added cost.
I think you're right; it should be $100,000, not pounds.

[58Sunliner]

15. Kick!

[AmericaUnderSiege]

17. "I've got to think that Trump himself doesn't know about this." The fuck?

Guess some folks in Ohio are having an "If only Comrade Stalin knew" moment about their Glorious Leader.

[GopherGal]

82. mo-rons.

He's probably sitting in front of a TV with a bowl of popcorn watching drone footage of the trucks and laughing.

[patphil]

18. If the Federal Government already has the food, there's no savings by not distributing it.

Except for the cost of loading it on trucks, moving it, and unloading it, and that's minuscule compared to the cost of the food.
So, where does the food go? Will it eventually get thrown out?
That would be an example of government waste.

[magicarpet]

79. trDUMP could have the trucks drop the load of food,...

.... at one of his fancy hotels or golf course restaurants. Cook and serve the stuff up - while djt rakes in the profits.

A little twist on things,... trDUMP robs from the poor and feeds the rich,... all while djt profits financially from his upside-down and backwards Robin Hood scheme.

He would be ecstatic to pull off such a sick ploy.

[maspaha]

21. FAFO...the journey continues

[Evolve Dammit]

22. The cruelty IS the point. n/t

[Karasu]

23. "I've got to think that Trump himself doesn't know about this because this is too stupid for words." LOL!

When it comes to anything too stupid for words, one should logically assume his fingerprints are all over it.

[Ocelot II]

30. If it's too stupid for words, chances are that Trump not only knew about it,

but ordered it.

[MissB]

24. The government is just trying to foment civil unrest

If you use that lens, this move makes perfect sense.

[Andy Canuck]

26. Bread riots

and guillotines are next. If not guillotines, bayonets.

[LoisB]

28. Well, I guess republicans can erase "waste" from their "fraud, waste, and abuse" mantra.

Heck, they can take out "abuse" also.

[rickyhall]

29. Paris, 1789

[Skittles]

32. "deliberate policy or simply incompetence"

with Trump.2 it certainly is both

[Cha]

34. Well, Fucking Mump is Too Stupid for Words!

TY

[Tribetime]

35. The local grocery stores here.Ask at checkout if you want to donate to the greater cleveland food bank

I guess the money that i've been donating trump stealing

[swong19104]

36. The trucks should just deliver them

And Cleveland should bill the appropriate federal entity.

[struggle4progress]

37. really mean-spirited rich guys

[louis-t]

39. The saddest thing is not most of that food will probably

go to waste.

[et tu]

41. he tried this in pa too

and shapiro is going to court to fight it-
local farmers have contracts for food banks
and krasnov just cancelled them- a lose lose
situation, peeps goona be v e r y angry

[Uncle Joe]

42. I think it's deliberate to punish Vance for questioning authority in regards to bombing Yemen.

Vance said it went against *rump's earlier proclamations that Europe should do more for it's own defense as we only have about 3% and they have 40% of the shipping.

This is reasonable logic and Vance went on to support the bombing, but *rump doesn't do reasonable logic, so Vance had to be taught a lesson.

Thanks for the thread Nevilledog

[Blue Owl]

45. Captain Pantload's gonna fuck ya over now

[underpants]

53. The message is - you're on your own

It’s incredibly shortsighted in any number of directions.

He’s not even in the group but he is representing the oligarchs.

[Solly Mack]

49. ...

“I’ve got to think that Trump himself doesn’t know about this because this is too stupid for words,” Quinn said bluntly.

:/

[kacekwl]

50. Wake up Ohio. If your

Christian values allow you to care.

[Abolishinist]

64. Christian values are

a) I believe that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour
b) Therefore I am going to end up in heaven
c) Those who don't believe that Jesus Christ is their Lord and Saviour are going to burn in hell for eternity

Simple!

[Blue Full Moon]

73. Empathy is a sin.

But was probably targeting Cleveland because it's a democratic area. The state is so gerrymandered and republicans control most of the election boards.
While they support giving Musk millions and billions of dollars the thought of money going to feed people makes republicans apoplectic. They would rather fund gas chambers to kill people than provide lunches for school students. Brian Stewart is over fiance committee. He is the one that authored the gas chamber bill. Reintroduce that bill this year.
About the lunch bill he stated that " There are real questions folks have when these school lunch proposals are talking about paying for the richest 1%; would still qualify for a free lunch. I don't think that sits real well with some folks like myself. " Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman was asked if he supported the program, "the answer to that is no."

[Basso8vb]

51. This will hasten the arrival of guillotines and swinging light poles.

[riversedge]

55. I hope the folks in OHIO shout this from the rooftops!

[samplegirl]

76. They should be!!

It's so damn corrupt here!

[Meowmee]

56. No reason for anyone to go hungry here with all the food and resources etc.

[B.See]

57. Not stupid. CRUEL. I've ceased

to be amazed at what America abides by.

Nazi Germany, all over again.

[mucifer]

71. Yup. he's sadistic.

[Bread and Circuses]

58. Oh shucks, Perhaps JD Vance can..

Cancel his trip to Greenland and make some ketchup sandwiches to hand out to the needy of his state.

[Exp]

61. I am SHOCKED !! Absolutely Shocked!

[ToxMarz]

62. "I've got to think that Trump himself doesn't know about this because...

I'm a stupid MAGAt and voted for him 3 times and I would still vote for him. He gets a pass on everything. It's always someone else's fault. Pretty sure we can find a DEI woke trans immigrant to scapegoat.

[RainCaster]

63. this is how he rewards his voting base

Damn

[dalton99a]

66. Kick

[RazorbackExpat]

67. Who would ever have thought

that Baron von Schitzenpantz is too stupid for words?

[neohippie]

72. Let them eat cake...

Let them eat cats and dogs

This is Trump's answer to the poor in America

Tax cuts for billionaires nothing for America's hungry working class people who cannot make ends meet with minimum wage jobs

Meanwhile Trump wants to add more states, threaten our neighbors and allies and raise the cost of living for everyone with tariff wars

[I_UndergroundPanther]

92. I will starve to death

I will not eat a cat nor let one in my presence be eaten. Cats are sacred they are love you don’t eat what loves you and you love them

[samplegirl]

77. I am so ashamed of Ohio

the Republicans took over our state like taking suckers from a baby!

[barbtries]

78. "Nothing drives you more than hunger."

I think this says a lot. We the People WILL rise.

[Mother Of Four]

81. If they don't have a million a plate for fundraiser food...

They just don't matter.
Edited to add, he's a psychopathic baboon with an inflamed arse.

[Initech]

85. Evert time I think it can't possibly get any worse, it does.

[Cherokee100]

87. Population

Sounds like it fits, into the overall plan, for population control. Plus it's good for the Mortuary industry. Let's hear it for the 'free enterprise' system. (sarcasm):

[LaRaven]

90. Bet he's not even aware of half these evil edicts...

It’s someone or some people in his admin. They are hiding in the shadows. When will they be exposed!

[Martin68]

91. Just one more in the very long list of Trump's crimes against the american people.

[Jack Valentino]

93. NOT STUPID from the GQP point of view--- they WANT the poor to starve

to eliminate any chance that they will VOTE!