A new analysis reveals that the policy change would mainly benefit high-earning retirees or those close to retirement.
The president and his allies are already laying the groundwork to renege on promises not to cut Medicare or Social Security.
Even Trump's new top Social Security chief is refuting the president's claims that deceased Americans are receiving Social Security payments.
President Donald Trump incorrectly interpreted data shared by Elon Musk when he misleadingly claimed on Feb. 18 that “millions and millions of people over 100 years old” may be receiving improper benefits from Social Security.
On Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News on Wednesday, recently confirmed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick hailed the work of Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which is “gonna cut a trillion dollars of waste fraud and abuse,” Lutnick said.
If President Trump's first term in office is any indication, his promise to "not touch Social Security" won't last long.
Before President Donald Trump started mass layoffs of federal workers, he demonized them, arguing, despite evidence to the contrary, that most of them never went into the office.
It is true that improper payments have been made. But the numbers thrown out by Elon Musk and the White House are overstated and misrepresent Social Security data.