BIDEN RESURFACES CRITICIZING TRUMP

Former US President Joe Biden resurfaced on the public stage on Tuesday, 15 , April for the first time since he left office.
Speaking at an advocates conference in Chicago, he addressed Social Security defending it amid attacks against its efficacy under Donald Trump.

“Social Security is more than just a government program. It’s a sacred promise,” Biden said in this conference hosted by advocates for disabled people.

“From their first paycheck, people count on Social Security to be for them when they need it. We must never, ever turn our backs on that obligation,” he maintained.

Social Security has faced unprecedented website hiccups , poor customer services, and thousands of staff of its staffs being laid off due to shuttered offices.

“In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage and done so much destruction....they’ve taken a hatchet to the Social Security Administration.”

70 million plus retired and disabled Americans benefit from monthly Social Security funds, with several million more enrolling into the program annually.

“That’s going to cost $5 trillion. Where are they going to get $5 trillion? Where they always do, running up the national debt and by taking money from somewhere else,” he said condemning unplanned borrowing.

He also blasted Trump’s advisers for brewing controversy over the issue, including Elon Musk, CEO Tesla, who has of late been Trump's right hand , Musk had termed the program a Ponzi scheme, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, said his mother-in-law wouldn’t complain about missing one Social Security check.

“The current secretary of commerce doesn’t seem to get it. He doesn’t even seem to care,” Biden added.