Trump claimed millions of people over 100 are receiving Social Security, but this is false. Only about 44,000 centenarians are actively receiving benefits, per SSA data.
The SSA database includes everyone issued a Social Security number, not just active beneficiaries. Many records are outdated or lack death certificates, leading to inflated numbers.
The SSA automatically stops payments to beneficiaries who reach 115 years old, making claims of payments to individuals aged 120+ highly unlikely.
Fraud accounts for only 1% of total Social Security payments (2015–2022), far lower than Trump's claims of widespread fraud.
Trump credited Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency for uncovering "hundreds of billions in fraud," but no evidence supports this claim.
9BillionClaim:∗∗TheDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency(DOGE)listedlessthan∗∗9 billion in cut contracts, but CBS News found errors, such as duplicate entries and incorrect figures.
The White House acknowledged some contracts were a "waste of taxpayer dollars" but did not confirm any instances of fraud, contradicting Trump's claims.
The program's primary challenges are demographic shifts and the impending depletion of its trust funds by 2033, not fraud or inefficiency.