First on Fox: President Trump’s first 100 days in office on Tuesday marked the issue that the administration promoted all its fulfilling campaign commitments on social security, a problem that he was hurt by Democrats and some in the media.
"I am proud of the extraordinary work of SSA's dedicated staff in helping President Trump's commitment to protecting social security," said Lee Dudek, acting commissioner of the Social Security Agency (SSA).
"They worked tirelessly to improve customer service while protecting Americans' hard-earned benefits from waste, fraud and abuse. It will take some time to fully recover from the catastrophic policies of the previous administration, which has resulted in high temperatures and unreasonable delays in customer service," Dudek continued. "But SSA employees lead the turnaround by refocusing their work on frontline customer service, modernizing it for a better customer experience and strengthening the integrity of the program."
The administration called Trump’s first 100 days the most successful of any administration, making “significant progress” in moving forward with the Social Security Fair Act and paying more than 2 million people to over $14.8 billion in retrospective payments for pensions that have been offset by accidental elimination of losses.
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During President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, the Trump administration is touting its improvements to social security. (Getty)
Trump's actions on social security are Democrats, including Former President Joe Bidenthe government has been accused of planning to cut social security benefits, especially through efforts to reform the agency through the Ministry of Efficiency (Doge).
But the government said it focused on reform rather than cuts in benefits, and a White House official told Fox News Digital that SSA determined the 2025 cost or efficiency for fiscal 2025 through a new common sense approach in the areas of payroll, information technology, contracts, prints, prints, travel, travel and purchase. ”
For example, reducing software licenses, rescuing and repairing tables and chairs, returning to rental motor vehicles, converting in-person training to online, simplifying case allocation and tracking systems, and reducing spending allowances on travel cards.
In addition, White House officials said the agency has made great progress in implementing fraud prevention tools, including tools that help identify fraudulent claims over the phone.
Many, including Threshold Chief Elon Musk, have raised concerns about the accuracy of Social Security records, especially in terms of data related to whether a person is deceased or is still on the volume, despite being over 100 years old.
The White House told Fox News Digital that progress has also been made in this regard to improve the accuracy of death data and called the work a "high priority" which was a lower priority in the previous administration.
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Musk attracted the anger of Democrats by calling Social Security a "Ponzi scheme."
Fox News Digital spoke with an expert earlier this year who thought Musk could use the term "Ponzi scheme".
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James Agresti, president of the nonprofit institute "Error" rating From Politifact.
"The Ponzi scheme works by making money from new investors to pay for the operation of existing investors. This is the definition given by the SEC and contrary to the general perception, it is exactly how Social Security works."