At a town hall event on Fox News Thursday, President Donald Trump dropped a bombshell: He will be looking to cut entitlements.

The impression that the president will be coming after America’s two foremost entitlement programs — long held a “third rail” of American politics — caused an explosion of outrage on social media:

Trump will cut your Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to give even more tax breaks to billionaires and his buddies. Unless we stop him in November. https://t.co/3jGysuonSy — Swing Left (@swingleft) March 6, 2020

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We need to ensure the well-being of our seniors by protecting Medicare and Social Security, not slashing them. https://t.co/vLdqHrqyWP — Raja Krishnamoorthi (@CongressmanRaja) March 6, 2020

Meanwhile he’s spending millions on golf and installing a tennis court. — AJ Cole 🚚🚎 (@AJtcole) March 6, 2020

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He is trying to cut entitlements and other prograns that help middle class and the poor he can not be trusted and has destroyed America. Its time to send him packing #VoteBiden2020 #VoteTrumpOut2020 — Nakesha Horsey😍 (@nakesha_horsey) March 6, 2020

He’s been saying it and SS also includes the SSDI. His supporters won’t believe it until they don’t receive their check. — Kathy_H (@SouthernKat60) March 6, 2020

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[Editor’s note: A previous version of this story claimed that President Trump would be cutting Social Security and Medicare. This is incorrect — the president was not that specific.]