During his campaign, President Trump wrote on social media, "Seniors should not pay tax on Social Security." He has doubled down on that promise since the election. In February, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump would implement the "largest tax cut in history," including the elimination of taxes on Social Security.

Once upon a time, Donald Trump endeared himself to millions of working-class voters by telling them he, unlike the rest of the Republican Party, would do “everything within my power not to touch Social Security,

The Social Security Administration announced Friday it's cutting 7,000 jobs, as Trump and Musk have claimed there's fraud at the agency.