{"id":2607414,"date":"2026-05-27T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-vances-anti-fraud-effort-will-save-social-security\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:09:57","slug":"trump-says-vances-anti-fraud-effort-will-save-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-vances-anti-fraud-effort-will-save-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Vance&#8217;s anti-fraud effort will save Social Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-vances-anti-fraud-effort-will-save-social-security%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2607414&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At his 12th Cabinet meeting of his second term, President Donald Trump said the White House\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/half-of-pandemic-unemployment-money-from-past-year-stolen-bulk-of-it-in-foreign-hands-report\/\" title=\"Half Of Pandemic Unemployment Money From Past Year Stolen,  \u2018Bulk\u2019 Of It In Foreign Hands:\u00a0Report\">anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fraud task force<\/a><\/a>-led by Vice President JD Vance-could help balance the federal budget and strengthen Social Security without changing it. Trump praised the effort, claiming it has already uncovered \u201cbillions and billions and billions\u201d in fraud and that the initiative could prevent Social Security from needing adjustments. He also argued that the task force will protect social Security beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<p>Vance said the dedicated leadership at the presidential level has helped agencies work together more effectively, adding that the team is identifying and addressing fraud and that the work has been valuable despite being tough. The remarks were delivered during the Cabinet meeting,which is available to watch in the embedded video.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4580187\/trump-forges-friendship-giants-quarterback-jaxson-dart-new-york-swing\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> hosted the 12th Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday, where he claimed that the White House\u2019s anti-fraud task force may balance the federal budget and save <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"796\">Social Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579447\/trump-warsh-ignore-political-pressure-interest-rates\/\">Trump<\/a> opened by <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">praising Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4573088\/jd-vance-democrats-fight-for-illegal-immigrants-fraudsters\/\">JD Vance<\/a>, who leads the task force, and said <\/span>he was \u201cvery proud\u201d of the initiative.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4583285\/watch-live-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting-white-house\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump holds Cabinet meeting at White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4583044\/pam-bondi-return-thyroid-cancer-battle\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pam Bondi to make Trump administration return after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting-at-white-house\/\" title=\"... LIVE: ... at White House\">undisclosed thyroid cancer battle<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4582498\/why-trump-camp-david-trek-wouldve-been-unusual\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Why it would have been unusual for Trump to make the trek to Camp David<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president claimed that the task force has already identified \u201cbillions and billions and billions\u201d worth of fraud, adding that if the initiative \u201cdoes really great, we\u2019ll have a balanced budget without having to do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverybody was getting rich, and I think we have a chance to save Social Security without doing anything to it,\u201d Trump said. Just the numbers of fraudulent people on Social Security \u2014 people that are 115 years old, 125 years old, getting payments. It\u2019s funny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe numbers that we\u2019re finding out \u2014 we have great people in Social Security. We\u2019re going to make our Social Security so strong, so good, that you\u2019d never seen anything like it,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe\u2019re going to protect, I said right from the beginning, we\u2019re going to protect our people in Social Security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe fact that we have dedicated presidential leadership is really what\u2019s made this possible, because it does require \u2014 we\u2019ve got great people around the table \u2014 but sometimes these agencies don\u2019t know how to work together at the lower level, and that\u2019s one of the things we\u2019ve had to turn on and force with the fraud task force,\u201d Vance said following Trump\u2019s remarks. \u201cWe\u2019re, of course, going to get to the root of as much of it as we can, but, again, sir, it\u2019s been \u2014 I wouldn\u2019t say fun \u2014 because you find out how much people have been taken advantage of, but it\u2019s certainly very good and valuable work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4573088\/jd-vance-democrats-fight-for-illegal-immigrants-fraudsters\/\"><strong>VANCE SAYS DEMOCRATS EXIST TO \u2018FIGHT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS\u2019 AND FRAUDSTERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch Trump\u2019s remarks at the Cabinet meeting in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ln-FnwDYE4Y\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in a Cabinet Meeting, May 27, 2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ln-FnwDYE4Y?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump praised JD Vance at his second-term Cabinet meeting, saying the anti-fraud task force could balance the budget and save Social Security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2607415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP24198089928384.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[70499,34059,35138,33104,3634],"class_list":["post-2607414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-anti-fraud","tag-election-2024","tag-j-d-vance","tag-social-security","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP24198089928384.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607418,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607414\/revisions\/2607418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2607415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}