Trump and Musk have also claimed tens of millions of dead people over age 100 are receiving Social Security payments. While there may be people whose ages are recorded to be over 100 in the Social Security database, that does not mean they are being paid, according to the agency.

Rennie Glasgow took a pay cut when he left a job in sales to sign on with the Social Security Administration (SSA) 15 years ago, but he felt the stirring of something bigger than money when he raised his right hand and took the loyalty oath required of new federal employees.

Elon Musk and his Department of Government of Efficiency are tearing through Social Security, vowing to root out fraud and to rewrite the entire system's code in a matter of months. And behind the scenes,