** Trump's Social Security Lies in Speech to Congress Seen as 'Prelude to Vicious Cuts'
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March 5, 2025
After boasting about gutting climate initiatives, terminating thousands of federal workers, and withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization at the start of his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, President Donald Trump rattled off a series of now-familiar falsehoods about Social Security that advocates say are aimed at justifying deep cuts to the program.

"Tonight's speech by President Trump should be highly alarming to the 70 million Americans on Social Security and to anyone who is earning benefits by paying into the program. His speech was full of lies," said Max Richtman, president and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
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