{"id":1056098,"date":"2025-09-21T13:28:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056098"},"modified":"2025-09-21T13:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:28:05","slug":"trump-administration-comes-for-social-security-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-administration-comes-for-social-security-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Comes For Social Security, Again\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/what-trump-has-promised-for-his-2nd-administration\">promising<\/a> that Social Security is \u201c100% safe,\u201d Trump administration officials are once again saying the quiet part out loud: They\u2019re coming after America\u2019s seniors. First, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/1950589542819348606\">admitted<\/a> that Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget bill is a \u201cbackdoor\u201d to privatizing Social Security. And yesterday, Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/1969033028107198675\">confessed<\/a> that the Trump administration is open to raising the retirement age.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>In response, DNC spokesperson Jaelin O\u2019Halloran released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMillions of Americans rely on Social Security to retire after years of hard work. It\u2019s a lifeline that has provided financial stability for millions of families. But to no one\u2019s surprise, Donald Trump and his administration are continuing their crusade to gut the program despite his campaign promises. It\u2019s clear that Trump will never miss an opportunity to sell out working families and seniors if it means that his billionaire buddies and donors will make an extra buck.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reminder: In July, Bessent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/1950589542819348606\">admitted <\/a>that the Trump Accounts created by the budget bill are a \u201cbackdoor for privatizing Social Security.\u201d After realizing that he put his foot in his mouth, Bessent had to do <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecScottBessent\/status\/1950675795866988545\">damage control<\/a> on his comments. But just yesterday, SSA Commissioner Bisignano <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/1969033028107198675\">admitted <\/a>that he would consider raising the retirement age. Turns out \u2014 to no one\u2019s surprise \u2014 that Trump\u2019s promises to protect Social Security were just talk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After repeatedly promising that Social Security is \u201c100% safe,\u201d Trump administration officials are once again saying the quiet part out loud: They\u2019re coming after America\u2019s seniors. First, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted that Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget bill is a \u201cbackdoor\u201d to privatizing Social Security. And yesterday, Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano confessed that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Administration Comes For Social Security, Again\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-administration-comes-for-social-security-again\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-21T17:28:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-administration-comes-for-social-security-again\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-administration-comes-for-social-security-again\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Administration Comes For Social Security, Again\u00a0 - 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