President Donald Trump used the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act to highlight what he called the largest overhaul of the program in decades, signing a proclamation at the White House and promoting the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill, which eliminates federal income taxes on Social Security benefits for the vast majority of recipients. Joined by Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano, Trump said the agency has purged 12.4 million records for people listed as over 120 years old and 135,000 records for individuals supposedly older than 160, part of a broader effort he said would end improper payments. The administration also claims it has removed nearly 275,000 ineligible non-citizens from the rolls. Bisignano cited operational gains, including reducing call wait times from about 30 minutes to six minutes—an 80 percent drop—and trimming field-office appointment waits to a similar six-minute average. The agency, he said, sent 3.1 million benefit payments worth roughly $17 billion ahead of schedule and now offers 24-hour online access to accounts. Democrats marked the anniversary with a contrasting message, warning that agency staffing cuts and modernization drives risk undermining service and laying groundwork for privatization. House lawmakers introduced the Hands Off Our Social Security Act, a bill that would block further staff reductions, require congressional approval for field-office closures and prevent privatization without a vote. The political back-and-forth comes as Social Security’s trustees project its retirement trust fund could be exhausted by 2033, forcing automatic benefit reductions unless Congress acts. Trump maintains his measures will strengthen the program without benefit cuts, while critics say deeper funding and structural reforms are still needed.