Biden Fires Trump-Appointed Head of Social Security Administration, Who Refuses to Leave President Biden fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, who had been appointed by form Saul insists he will still sign in to work on Monday morning remotely from his New York home. "I consider myself the term-protected commissioner of Social Security," Saul told the Washington Post, characterizing his firing as a "Friday Night Massacre." Biden had asked on Friday morning for the resignation of both Saul and David Black, the deputy commissioner. Black resigned, but Saul refused.