This week’s SNAP crisis is just a preview. Tucked inside the giant tax-cut and spending bill signed by President Donald Trump this summer are enormous cuts to SNAP: Who qualifies, how much they get, and who foots the bill for the program.

SNAP beneficiaries have expressed outrage on social media over the government shutdown that could affect their grocery benefits starting next month — with some even threatening to ransack stores if food stamp payments don’t go through starting Nov. 1.

The action comes two days after more than two dozen states sued the USDA, the federal agency that administers SNAP benefits.

The judge said the Trump administration would likely fail in its arguments but fell short of forcing the government to pay for SNAP.

Even if a judge rules the benefits cannot be suspended for the first time in SNAP’s 61-year history, many beneficiaries are likely to face delays in getting the debit cards they use to buy groceries reloaded. That process can take one to two weeks, so it’s likely too late to get funds on cards in the first days of November.

On Day 31 of the government shutdown, two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to continue to fund the SNAP food aid program.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP, or food stamps — is a key benefits program that serves more than 40 million people across the country. Now, the shutdown is threatening to suspend benefits, raising concerns over where millions of people who rely on the program will turn to for food.

Late Friday, a judge ordered the federal government to tap into the $5 billion SNAP contingency fund to keep benefits flowing for now. But city officials say the decision only buys time as the government shutdown continues.