Chainsaw-Wielding Trump Administration’s Focus on Social Security Agency Sends Shivers Down the Spines of Millions of Older Americans
Musk’s cost-cutting measures are raising the risk of disruptions at the agency, which provides the primary source of income for many older Americans.

President Trump is railing about its “incompetence and probable fraud.” Elon Musk is calling it a “Ponzi scheme.” Hundreds of its offices are being shuttered and thousands of its employees are being furloughed. Should the roughly 56 million older Americans who rely on monthly social security checks be concerned about the future of America’s largest safety net and the agency that manages it?
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