By slashing staff and tinkering with its internal computer systems, the Trump Administration is likely to make Social Security less efficient, not more.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is notifying employees of “significant workforce reductions” on the way as it prepares for what it describes as an “agency-wide organizational

“The ongoing bloodbath at the Social Security Administration has only one goal: the total annihilation of Social Security,” Alex Lawson, executive director of nonprofit advocy group Social Security Works, told MarketWatch. “This is Wall Street and the billionaires destroying Social Security so they can give themselves trillions in tax handouts.”

The U.S. government agency that provides benefits to tens of millions of older Americans plans to cut 7,000 workers, it announced on Friday, as part of the Trump administration's plan to slash the size of the federal workforce.

In a press release, the agency said it plans to reduce its current staff of around 57,000 to a target of 50,000 employees.

Martin O’Malley said DOGE’s involvement in Social Security will hurt beneficiaries. Brace for delays in service — and even benefits.