Trump claims '125-year-olds' are receiving Social Security payments, cites massive fraud concerns
WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday, May 27, that federal investigators have uncovered Social Security payments being made to individuals listed as over 100 years old, including some allegedly recorded as 115 or even 125 years old and pointed to what he described as widespread fraud within entitlement programs.
Trump made the remarks during a Cabinet-related briefing, arguing that the findings reflect deeper systemic abuse rather than isolated errors and insisting that the administration is intensifying efforts to clean up federal benefits systems.
🚨 President Trump confirms he found 125-YEAR-OLDS *getting payments* from Social Security
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 27, 2026
Elon Musk was right all along!
"Just the numbers of fraudulent people on Social Security, people that are 115 years old, 125 years old, getting payments, it's funny, I said, oh, do those… pic.twitter.com/A75Ei7etbC
Trump exposes social security fraud
President Trump, while addressing the findings, expressed deep concerns regarding the widespread fraud in the entitlement programs.
“Just the numbers of fraudulent people on Social Security, people that are 115 years old, 125 years old, getting payments,” Trump said. “It’s funny, I said, oh, do those payments get turned back? No, they accept them. Somebody’s getting the payment.”
He added that the anomalies were part of a pattern of fraud the administration says it is currently investigating.
Trump further argued that the reported discrepancies are part of a much larger set of fraudulent schemes uncovered across federal programs.
According to the president, recent investigations have already led to major fraud cases being exposed in Medicaid and autism-related benefit programs, which he said involved significant theft of public funds.
He also suggested that internal reporting from Justice Department and administration officials indicates “hundreds of billions of dollars” in potentially fraudulent payments across federal systems.
🚨 JD Vance just went HARD after a fraudster allowed a poor American elderly man to DIE during the health scheme
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 27, 2026
"One man DIED because he wasn't getting adequate care. The [fraudster] was collecting benefits to 'care' for an elderly citizen!"
That fraudster needs to be locked… pic.twitter.com/P8plvVjp0A
“We’re getting reports, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Trump said, adding that the administration aims to strengthen Social Security without reducing benefits for legitimate recipients.
JD Vance highlights abuse cases
During the same discussion, Vice President JD Vance reinforced the administration’s fraud concerns, pointing to cases involving misuse of caregiver and elder support programs.
Vance described situations in which individuals allegedly received government funds for providing care to elderly beneficiaries but failed to deliver adequate services.
He cited one case in which a caregiver continued receiving payments while the elderly individual under their care reportedly suffered neglect and later died.
The vice president said such cases illustrate how fraud can harm both taxpayers and vulnerable citizens, calling them examples of systemic abuse the administration is now targeting.
The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that large-scale fraud exists across federal benefit programs, particularly Social Security, Medicaid, and disability-related systems.
Officials argue that outdated records, improper enrollments, and weak oversight mechanisms have allowed improper payments to continue undetected for years.
