Elon Musk with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. (Tom Brenner/For The Washington Post)

Analysis by Glenn Kessler

“We’re also identifying shocking levels of incompetence and probable fraud in the Social Security program for our seniors, and that our seniors and people that we love rely on. Believe it or not, government databases list … 3.47 million people from ages 120 to 129, 3.9 million people from ages 130 to 139. 3.5 million people from ages 140 to 149. And money is being paid to many of them.” Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

— President Donald Trump, in a speech to Congress, March 4

This is an example of how, even after falsehoods are exposed, the spin machine keeps working.

By the time Trump delivered his speech to Congress

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