Trump Suggests Vance’s Anti-Fraud Efforts Could Save Social Security

The president made the comment at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump speaks as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (R) listen during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images

President Donald Trump said at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday that Social Security payments could be rescued by a crackdown led by Vice President JD Vance on federal entitlement fraud.

“I think we have a chance to save Social Security without doing anything to it,” Trump said. “We’re going to make our Social Security so strong.”