Trump Says He Made Social Security, Medicare Stronger. Fact-Checker Says False.
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Trump Says He Made Social Security, Medicare Stronger. Fact-Checker Says False.

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President Trump said this week that "Democrats want to destroy Medicare. If you look at what they’re doing, they’re going to destroy Medicare. And we will save it. We will keep it going. We’re making it stronger. We’re making Social Security stronger.”

PolitiFact’s Jon Greenberg rated that claim false: “Trump said that his administration is making Medicare and Social Security stronger. The forecast for both programs is worse today than a year ago. The main Medicare trust fund is expected to run out of money three years sooner. The main Social Security trust fund is expected to run out one year sooner. The Republican tax cut law and lower-than-projected wages accounted for most of the downgrade.”

 

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