Trump proves his unfitness every day sadly. The Oval Office shameful meeting with Zelenskyy just being the latest. Russian state media was allowed in but not Reuters or the AP.
Here’s a fact check that includes the social security fake lies you were promoting…
Fact checking ElonSocial security payments for 150-year-olds?
Social security provides a base income for people in the US who are either retired or can't work because of a disability. It covers about 67 million Americans.
Regarding the programme, Musk said: "There's crazy things… cross re-examination of Social Security, and we've got people in there that are 150 years old." He did not provide evidence of this.
BBC Verify has been unable to find specific evidence for the claim - although we don't have access to all the US social security data that Musk has been granted.
"I think they're probably dead… and then there's a whole bunch of social security payments where there's no identifying information," Musk added.
There have been previous reports which have identified tens of billions of dollars of fraud in social security payments - but we have found no specific evidence of 150-year-olds claiming benefits.
There is a 2023 report by the social security inspector general which identified about 19 million people born in 1920 or earlier who didn't have any death data on file - 44,000 of whom were still receiving social security benefits.
The report was triggered by calls to better maintain claimant records, after the Social Security Administration in 2021 estimated some 24,000 people received payments by the agency after death, amounting to almost $300m.
There were an estimated 101,000 people over 100 years old in 2024 across the US, according to the Pew Research Center, most of whom you would expect to be receiving social security, considering it covers retired people.
Like the condoms for Gaza it’s not true.
