Social media users shared the claim in the form of a meme featuring a photo of Trump adviser Elon Musk holding a chainsaw.
The Department of Government Efficiency is taking aim at agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, as the administration argues in court that Elon Musk is not the administrator of the newly-formed entity despite public comments from Trump to the contrary.
Joe Rogan, a longtime admirer of Elon Musk, recently pushed back against the billionaire's claims about Social Security fraud, calling them misleading. On a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,
Por Zachary Wolf, CNN Según dicen el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y Elon Musk, los muertos roban elecciones. Reciben cheques fraudulentos de la Seguridad Social. Y ahora, al parecer, lo
Musk called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme," a remark that has drawn significant backlash from Democrats and critics.
Martin O’Malley, f Administration commissioner, says Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts could mean “an interruption of benefits.”
The tech billionaire compared the federal income program to a form of investment fraud on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.
Elon Musk falsely claimed there were tens of millions of people aged 100-159 still receiving Social Security benefits.
It’s one thing for Musk to peddle bogus claims about imagined Social Security “fraud.” It’s something else when he targets the system itself.