The Trump administration has taken a “hatchet” to Social Security and the program is teetering toward the possibility of its first missed check in 90 years, former President Joe Biden said in his first public speech since leaving the White House.

Former President Joe Biden sought Tuesday to use an audience in Chicago of national advocates for the disabled to reestablish himself as a leading party voice to challenge the actions of President Donald Trump amid listless Democratic leadership in taking on Biden’s successor in the White House.