I asked the Social Security Administration to reconcile its claim of a bloated workforce with the facts. I got no reply. Nearly 69 million Americans were receiving benefits as of

Donald Trump's purge of the federal workforce could cause a system failure at the Social Security Administration, the agency's former leader warned.

Social Security has long been in a fraught position. The program will need to reduce benefits in 10 years if Congress doesn't make changes to shore up its finances. Although it's still early, let's take a look three things President Trump has discussed that would affect Social Security.