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United States President Donald J Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Statuary Hall in the US Capitol on Thursday, February 6, 2025.

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In the past, Trump said that cutting could keep the Social Security program for retirement-age folks solvent.

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Well have to do it elsewhere.

Musk has recently made similar statements.

In the book, Trump also advocated for raising the Social Security retirement age.

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We can also raise the age for receipt of full Social Security benefits to 70, he wrote.

It stated, The Trump Administration will not cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits.

President Trump himself has said it (over and over and over again).

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Elon Musk didnt say that, either.

The press is lying again.

I will not cut one penny from Social Security or Medicare, he said.

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And I will not raise the retirement age by one day.

Gabrielle Olyacontributed to the reporting for this article.

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