“From a moral standpoint, I believe in it,” Trump said of cutting Social Security. Trump’s professed opposition to cutting Social Security and Medicare has been both a hallmark of his campaign and one of his greatest departures from traditional conservative ideology. Social Security, the United States’ public retirement, disability and life insurance program, faces a funding gap beginning in 2034. “It is really clear: Donald Trump would 100 percent go along with the Republican donor class position of cutting Social Security,” said Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works, a group that promotes benefits expansion. Donald Trump supposedly told House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) he supports cutting Social Security but will not admit it publicly because it would hurt his election chances, according to a report in Bloomberg BusinessWeek .

Source: Huffington Post May 28, 2016 18:56 UTC