Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he believes there’s scope to save taxpayer dollars by cutting fraud and waste from entitlement programs, and then Democrats seized on his comments to claim that he backs slashing Social Security benefits, which the Trump campaign denied and accused Democrats of twisting his words.
The future of entitlement programs has become a key political talking point in the 2024 presidential campaign in light of projections from various government agencies, including the Social Security Administration, that Social Security’s main trust fund will run out of money by 2033 and then tax revenue will cover only 77 percent of Social Security benefits.
