I thought it was illegal for even the President to shutdown an agency, plenty of court rulings of late ordering employee re-hires, etc, etc, He is clearly confused about the court order.
Mr. Dudek seems exasperated about how to proceed with DOGE being blocked access to fulfill their mandate. He has no authority to shut SSA down and has subsequently backtracked on his remarks after receiving clarification about the court order.
You can stop the hand wringing over a SSA shutdown or carry on, your choice.
It is not the Admins policy and would be political suicide.
I suggest ignoring such nonsense.