President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday that his administration is “not going to touch” entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, but didn’t rule out that spending cuts can come through rooting out fraud and waste in the programs.
“We are going to look for fraud,” Trump said during the first cabinet meeting of his second administration, reports CNN. “I’m sure you’re okay with that.”
He also pointed to reports alleging that “illegal aliens and other criminals” are collecting Social Security payments and to “people that are 200 years old that are being sent checks.”
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