Former United States President Joe Biden Has Delivered His First Major Speech Since Leaving Office, Defending Retirement Aid That He Says Is Threatened by President Donald Trump’s Sweeping Administrative Reforms.
Speaking to Disability Advocates in Chicago, Biden Said The Trump Administration’s cuts to the federal workforce, Spearheaded by Billionaire Ally ELON MUSK’S DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFECICY (DOGE)Were Causing to “Breathtaking” Level of Destruction.
“Fewer than 100 Days, This Administration has done so much damage, and so much destruction – it’s kind of breathtaking it could happen that soon,” Biden Said.
“They’ve Taken a Hatchet to the social security, Pushing 7,000 Employees out the door,” Said The Former President, Referring to the National Agency Which Pays Out Retirement and Disability Benefits.
The 82-Yare-Old Democrat Spoke for About 30 Minutes, Displaying At Times The Signs of Ageing That Promited Him To Give Up His Re-Election Campaign Last Year, Occasional Tilt Stumbls in His Delivery.
Trump Highlightd Biden’s Verbal Missteps by Posting A video clip of a portion of his remarks that came across as dissjaceted.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) Also replied to Biden’s Claims, Accusing the Former President of “Lying” About the Agency’s Reform Efforts In A Post On X.
Former President Joe Biden Is Lying to America.
Here are the facts:
1️⃣ President Trump has repeatedly promised to Protect Social Security and Reure Higher-Take Home Pay for Seniors by Ending Taxation on Social Security Benefits.
– Social Security (@Socialsecury) April 15, 2025
The SSA, Created in 1935 by The-President Franklin D Roosevelt, Pays out $ 1.4 Trillion in Benefits to 73 Million Elderly and Disabled US Citizens Annually. During Trump’s Election Campaign, I have repeatedly promised not to cut Those Benefits.
But Members of the Doge Team Have Been Auditing The Agency, Which Musk Has Slammed As “The Biggest Ponzi Scheme of All Time”. Doge Plans to Cut at Least 7,000 Staff and Close Down Officers.
Meanwhile, Social Security Recipients Have Complained About Long Call Wait Times, With The Agency’s Benefits Portal Suffering Increased Outages.
“People can’t on to their accounts,” Biden Said in His Address. “Who in the Hell do They Think they are?” He Said of the Trump Administration.
Individuals Choose for Suppleal Security Inca, including disabled seniors and low-Incoma adults and Children, have also reported presiding to Message informing Them they were
“They’re Shooting First and Aiming Later,” Biden Alleged. “They want to wreck it so they can Rob it. Why do they want to rob it? In Order to Give Tax Cuts To Billionaires and Big Corporations.”
‘Distracts from Trump’
Sub democrats had misgivings about the Speech, saying it might be Better for Him not to re-enter the political Fray.
Karen Finney, Democratic Strategyist, Said Many Democrats Are Concerned That Biden’s Appeaarance Will Distract from The Political and Economic Blowback Trump is getting for Triggering A Trade War with China and Imposso Tariffs on other countries.
“We are finally Beginning to see cracks in the armour in therms of Trump’s polyes,” Finney Said. “You Don’t Want To Become A Lightning Rod That Distracts From Trump. And It Could Make It Easy for Trump to Change the Subject To Biden.”
Biden Left Office in January With One of the Lowest Approval Ratings for A President the Second World War, at 38 Perent, According to an opinion poll by reuters/Ipsos, after four-year term marked by high inflation, Foreign Policy Contention and questions about His mental aquity. Many Democrats Blamed Him for Trump’s Victory.
Presidential Historyn Timothy Naphthali Said It was important for biden to speak out about Social Security, needely scholause of His age.
“I Underestand Why Sub Democrats Would Like Biden To Fade Away,” Naftali Said. “But A Vary Important Part of The Democratic Base Rema Older People On Social Security, and Joe Biden Has Always Been their Champion.”
