Elon Musk, the billionaire unofficially running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said on X he’s “increasingly optimistic” about the future of retirement benefits, adding there was “potential to increase actual dollars received by citizens.

Musk defended smearing the Gulf War veteran and astronaut and Kelly accused Musk of crassly seeking tax cuts for billionaires.

Republicans are voicing concerns about Musk’s downsizing efforts, which include closing some Social Security offices and curtailing telephone services.

Elon Musk has had some unflattering things to say about Social Security recently. In fact, the billionaire went on Joe Rogan’s podcast and claimed that Social Security is “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.

Musk previously held a $1 million sweepstakes in several swing states, including Wisconsin, ahead of the presidential election. He invited voters to sign a petition endorsing the constitutional right to free speech and to bear arms—potentially collecting data on millions of voters.

Lee Dudek, Trump’s interim Social Security chief, says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from Social Security Administration systems that hold personally identifiable data on millions of Americans.

Judge: Social Security officials likely broke privacy laws by giving DOGE "unbridled access to the personal and private data of millions of Americans."

Elon Musk’s role as an unofficial ... been granted access to tens of millions of Social Security records that include highly sensitive personal information. One fear is that the information ...