The Biden/Trump Plan to Cut Social Security

Doing nothing won’t protect beneficiaries. It’ll subject them to automatic 23% cuts in 10 years.

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Joe Biden and Donald TrumpPhoto: jim bourg/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree on one thing. “I guarantee you I will protect Social Security and Medicare without any change. Guaranteed,” Mr. Biden said in March. Mr. Trump has said: “I will do everything within my power not to touch Social Security, to leave it the way it is.” A pro-Trump super PAC launched an ad attacking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his efforts as a member of Congress to restructure benefits.

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