The SSA announced last week that it will cut 7,000 employees from its workforce to align with Trump's executive orders, even as the agency's current staffing is at a 50-year low. While Social Security checks consistently arrive on time, staffing shortages have extended wait times for people applying to receive those benefits in the first place.

Martin O’Malley, former Social Security commissioner under the Biden administration, sounded the alarm over the Department of Government Efficiency’s cost-cutting measures at the agency, warning that the Social Security Administration could “collapse” within the next 30 to 90 days.