Treasury Secretary Scott Becent criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday for claiming that President Donald Trump’s administration was aiming to destroy social security “from within.”
Schumer said Wednesday. Press conference The government’s “goal” is to “create” [Social Security] Donald Trump is not very efficient as he has the pretext of killing it and then cutting profits to privatize the program. ” In “The Story with Martha McCallum,” Bescent said Schumer’s vigilant rhetoric was clearly false and useless. (Related: “I don’t care what the vote says”: Joe Scarborough defends “shutdown with two minutes of rant” demanding Dem.”
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“Senator Schumer seems a bit inconsistent recently. He did the right thing by handing a clean CR. [continuing resolution] last week. He took lots of rap shotguns from his party. And such an extreme statement is useless to anyone,” Bescent said. “The American people and they voted for President Trump, and for accountability, and whether it was a doge or not. [Department of Government Efficiency]Whether it’s our efforts at the Treasury Department and the IRS, we bring accountability and efficiency. ”
“And we want to make things better for the Americans,” he continued. “We want to get everything they pay and ensure that their profits are there when they need them because they need them… Senator Schumer is a long time ago here.”
Bescent also highlighted Trump’s Tuesday. Presidential Order Modernizing government payments will help ensure that older people receive Social Security payments.
“Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order at the Treasury Department, ordering to investigate payment systems and try to lead more people to an electronic payment platform,” he said. “You may not know that, but there is a huge theft of social security checks for seniors, so if they can get into the electronic payment system, they’re much safer. They’re guaranteed to come early.”
Trump has repeatedly pledged not to cut Social Security. He urged Republicans in January 2023 to “not cut a penny” from the program.
August 2024 Report The Social Security Agency (SSA) inspector’s office has discovered an estimated $72 billion worth of inappropriate payments between 2015 and 2022.
Trump appointed Leland Dudeck to lead the SSA in February after the deputy commissioner reportedly resigned after a dispute over access to sensitive documents. According to To the Washington Post. Dudek previously managed SSA’s anti-fulard office.
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