Ex-Commissioner Says DOGE Ran Social Security 'Like a McDonald's' That Constantly Screams at Staff

Ex-Commissioner Says DOGE Ran Social Security 'Like a McDonald's' That Constantly Screams at Staff

The former acting head of the Social Security Administration has delivered a blistering account of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), accusing its officials of arriving with little understanding of how the agency worked while pushing rapid cuts that, he says, risked disrupting benefits for millions of Americans. Leland Dudek, who served as acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) until May 2026, made t…