The provision emerged from President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to end taxes on Social Security. But experts say many are excluded.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump keeps saying that Republicans’ mega tax and spending cut legislation will eliminate taxes on federal Social Security benefits. It does not. At best, Trump’s “no tax on Social Security” claim exaggerates the benefits to seniors if either the House or Senate-passed proposals is signed into law.

President Donald Trump argues the GOP bill eliminates taxes on Social Security benefits, but that’s not the case.

Fox News Digital asked several GOP senators their thoughts about Elon Musk's criticisms of Trump's 'big, beautiful bill.' (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy)

The clash over the "big, beautiful bill" also underscores significant fractures within the GOP on key policy initiatives.

Musk’s first-among-equals status as head of the Department of Government Efficiency at the start of Trump’s second administration is now a memory. He’s so livid over Trump’s debt- and deficit-inflating “big,