A total absolute lie. It's a 3.4% increase, not a 40% increase. And this week, in his speech to Congress, Trump once again repeated the claim that Musk started. That zillions and zillions of dead people between the ages of 100 and 300 are receiving Social Security checks. Now, why are they doing that? This is an outrageous lie. And in my view, he does this in order to lay the groundwork for cuts to Social Security and in fact, dismantling the most successful and popular and important program in American history. (24:40–25:08)
CLAIM
Asserts that Trump falsely claimed dead people are receiving Social Security checks.
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