Former Social Security Commissioner Warns: Musk’s Meddling Likely To Cause ‘Interruption’ Of Benefits

As unelected POTUS Elon Musk and his cadre of young computer hackers continue to muck around in federal government data systems that control payments from various programs, anyone receiving monthly Social Security benefits should start preparing for the worst-case scenario of not receiving their check in the near future.

That’s the warning from former Social Security commissioner Martin O’Malley, who served in that post during the Biden administration.

O’Malley told the Washington Post that Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is akin to the proverbial bull in a china shop, and something is bound to get broken.

“At this rate, they will break it. And they will break it fast, and there will be an interruption of benefits,” O’Malley said.

O’Malley noted that Sex Offender-in-Chief Donald Trump’s choice of Leland Dudek to be acting commissioner of Social Security doesn’t bode well for what Social Security recipients can expect.

“It’s a shame the chilling effect it has to disregard 120 senior executive service people,” O’Malley added. “To pick an acting commissioner that is not in the senior executive service sends a message that professional people should leave that beleaguered public agency.”

The Trump administration pooh-pooed those warning that Social Security could be facing a crisis that would delay payments, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt telling Fox News that “fake news reporters” were fearmongering and DOGE was merely trying to find and eliminate fraud in the program.

And Harrison Fields, a White House spokesperson, had this to say about Musk and his minions’ intentions:  “President Trump has nominated the highly qualified and talented Frank Bisignano to lead the Social Security Administration, and we expect him to be swiftly confirmed in the coming weeks. In the meantime, the agency will be led by a career Social Security anti-fraud expert as the acting commissioner.”

All of that will be cold comfort to millions of senior citizens if and when the funds they earned and depend on to live are suddenly missing from their bank accounts.