Donald Trump's purge of the federal workforce could cause a system failure at the Social Security Administration, the agency's former leader warned.

Martin O’Malley, who served as Social Security commissioner under former President Joe Biden, thinks the agency is at risk of missing benefit payments.

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.