In March 2025, a rumor spread that U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency was closing 47 Social Security Administration offices across the country. The claim surfaced after Trump tasked DOGE at the beginning of his second term with shrinking the size of the federal workforce to make it more "efficient and effective.

Dear Fix My Portfolio, I n my Social Security record, I’m missing two years of income because my employer never paid into the system. I have zero income for those years. How do

SSA officials were weighing eliminating telephone support for claims processing and direct-deposit account transactions.

The two maintain that they won’t attack the program, but their repeated claims of rampant fraud serve a strategic purpose.

Since being inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2025, Trump has signed an executive order that directs government agencies to reduce their staff and cut costs. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is expected to reduce its staff by 7,000 workers to 50,000, as well as shutter some of its locations.

President Trump says he’ll ‘always protect’ Social Security, Medicare benefits — but where will $880 billion in budget cuts come from?