Public Trust Tracker

PRM-026 · Promise · Health & social security

Leave Social Security and Medicare benefits unchanged

In progress

Promised as a candidate on 2024. Last checked 18 Oct 2026.

“I will not lay a finger on Medicare or Social Security. … These are benefits for our seniors. We are not going to touch it. There are many other things we can do.”

Donald Trump, 2024, Campaign statement (original linked)

What happened

No direct benefit cuts so far; staffing cuts at the Social Security Administration and other changes could affect service.

Sources

  1. Original statement
  2. PolitiFact promise page

Cite this promise

Public Trust Tracker. "Leave Social Security and Medicare benefits unchanged" (PRM-026). Last checked 18 Oct 2026. https://publictrusttracker.org/promise/prm-026-leave-social-security-and-medicare-benefits-unchanged/

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