Whoopi Goldberg hits Trump for comment on social security: 'We can put you in jail for all your entitlements'

"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg said Tuesday that former President Donald Trump should be thrown in jail following comments he made about mismanagement of Social Security benefit programs.

Trump was asked on CNBC this week whether he had considered changes to "entitlement programs" such as Medicare and Social Security.

"There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlement, in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements," Trump said.

"I know that they’re going to end up weakening Social Security because the country is weak," he added.

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Responding to the clip, Goldberg said, "Yeah, we could put you in jail for all your entitlements."

"Social Security is not an entitlement. We paid for that," she said as the crowd cheered.

According to the Social Security Administration, the Social Security benefit programs are "entitlement" programs. This means that workers, employers and the self-employed pay for the benefits with their Social Security taxes. The taxes that are collected are put into special trust funds.

It is considered an entitlement program because American citizens and their employers pay FICA taxes to pay for a certain number of quarters or until the employee reaches a specific age, at which point they are "entitled" to that benefit.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom faced backlash Monday after posting a truncated clip of Trump's remarks on CNBC and posting it to social media.

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"Here is Donald Trump himself telling the American people he will slash Social Security and Medicare," Newsom wrote on