In an election, you cannot say you are going to eliminate “social” spending without being excoriated by the mediots.
These are not entitlements, they are vote buying schemes. You are entitled to the air you breath....that’s about it.
Trump, or anyone else who intends to cut such spending would do well to not discuss their plans until after the election.
There is simply no reason to hand them the rope to hang you with.
If Trump cared about being "excoriated by the mediots" then he wouldn't have made his comments on walls, rounding up 12 million people, banning Muslims from entering the country, or any of the other subjects he's already been trashed on. Trump does not discuss his plans to cut such spending because he has no plans to cut such spending. It's as simple as that.