A strip club in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has drawn national attention after promoting an event aimed at struggling mothers — offering $500 in food and groceries for the “hottest mom on stage” and Walmart gift cards for the top five contestants.
The timing was hardly accidental, coming just days after President Donald Trump slashed food assistance programs during an ongoing government shutdown.
“Trump legally is required to release the SNAP funds, the food stamp funds, even during a government shutdown. He refused to do that,” said political commentator Kyle Kulinski on a recent episode of The Kyle Kulinski Show. “Two courts said you have to do it. He goes, ‘I’m trying, but I can’t.’ Total lie.”
Kulinski noted that roughly 40 million Americans are now impacted by the SNAP cuts, including 18 million children. “For people who say, ‘Oh, these are lazy people, they just need to get a job’ — 62% of them work,” he added.
He described the crisis as part of a larger economic unraveling. “We’re a gig economy and an OnlyFans economy. In all seriousness, that’s what we are.”
As food banks face shortages and SNAP benefits vanish, some single mothers are reportedly turning to adult entertainment just to put food on the table.
“Imagine a country so depraved and so disgusting that Trump cut 94 million pounds in food aid to food banks… at the same time he cut SNAP illegally,” Kulinski said.
Meanwhile, as millions face food insecurity, Trump was hosting a lavish ‘Great Gatsby’-themed party at Mar-a-Lago.
The White House described the event using the line, “A little party never killed nobody,” from the 2013 film adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic.
Guests arrived dressed in roaring 1920s style — flapper dresses, tuxedos, and pearls — with high-profile attendees including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and Tiffany Trump.
Photos captured Trump mingling with guests, including one dressed in a prison costume, while millions of Americans were days away from losing access to food aid.
Donald Trump hosted a Great Gatsby party while SNAP benefits were about to disappear for 42 million Americans.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) November 1, 2025
He does not give a damn about you. pic.twitter.com/QVGtkqwHdF
California Governor Gavin Newsom, one of Trump’s most vocal critics, blasted the optics on social media: “Donald Trump hosted a Great Gatsby party while SNAP benefits were about to disappear for 42 million Americans. He does not give a damn about you.”
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin echoed the sentiment, stating: “Last night, Trump made it even clearer that he doesn’t give a damn about anyone but himself and his wealthy friends.”
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) also condemned the event, writing, “The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans’ face never ceases to stun me.”
As the rich celebrated, Kulinski criticized Trump’s extravagant display. “A billionaire party of Great Gatsby Roaring 20s with half-naked women prancing around,” he said, contrasting it with mothers “stripping for groceries.” He also called out the silence of conservative Christians. “What I thought, you guys were like Christians? This is Christian to you? To ruin everybody’s life so much… that they feel forced to go show some [expletive] on stage in order to survive?”
Kulinski went beyond Trump’s policies, arguing that economic inequality and corporate greed lie at the heart of America’s current crisis.
He cited data showing that the bottom 80% of Americans now control just 7% of the nation’s wealth, while the top 1% have extracted $50 trillion from the bottom 90% since 1974. “The minimum wage is not a living wage. We don’t have universal healthcare. We don’t have free college. We don’t have unions for everybody,” he said.
“So people struggle. People work one job, two jobs sometimes, and still can’t pay the bills.” He called for major policy reforms — taxing billionaires, raising wages, and expanding public services — while urging Americans to stop turning on each other.
“Stop blaming trans people. They’re not the problem. Stop blaming immigrants. They’re not the problem. Stop blaming Black people. They’re not the problem. The problem is the billionaires. It’s the corporations. It’s the corruption.”
Kulinski warned that if leaders continue to ignore these issues, social unrest could follow. For now, though, one image lingers — single mothers dancing for food, while billionaires toast champagne under chandeliers at Mar-a-Lago.
It may say more about the state of America than any economic report ever could.
