• DOGE has targeted USAID and the Education Department

• Trump said he will go after undocumented people using Social Security

• President claims he will 'strengthen' the program

 

Trump said he wouldn’t “cut one cent” from Social Security or raise the retirement age. The official Republican Party platform adopted at the Republican National Convention echoed those promises but it has been less clear how Trump plans to shore up the program’s finances.

 

Since becoming the head of DOGE, Musk has targeted the United States Agency for International Development and the Education Department leading many to fear social security could be next on its hit list.

 

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