President-elect Trump announced on Tuesday night that he intends to appoint Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), to lead the Department of Education.
His announcement, which was posted on Truth Social, came hours after two sources told Fox News that McMahon was likely to be picked.
“It is my great honor to announce that Linda McMahon, former Administrator of the Small Business Administration, will be the United States Secretary of Education,” Trump’s statement read.
“As Secretary of Education, Linda will fight tirelessly to expand ‘Choice’ to every State in America, and empower parents to make the best Education decisions for their families,” the press release added. “Linda served for two years on the Connecticut Board of Education, where she was one of fifteen members overseeing all Public Education in the State, including its Technical High School system.”
McMahon, who served as administrator of the Small Business Administration in the first Trump administration, is the wife of Vince McMahon. The couple both co-founded WWE in 1980.
“Linda will use her decades of Leadership experience, and deep understanding of both Education and Business, to empower the next Generation of American Students and Workers, and make America Number One in Education in the World,” Trump’s statement concluded. “We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort.”
McMahon served in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2019. When she resigned, she wrote that the role had been “immensely rewarding.”
“While it has truly been the honor of a lifetime to serve our country in this Administration, it is time for me to step down and return to the private sector,” McMahon wrote in 2019. “I wish to thank the President and I will continue to be a strong advocate for him and his policies.”
Trump has previously floated the idea of disbanding the Department of Education, which began operating in 1980. The agency’s website says that its mission is to “promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access for students of all ages.”
Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told Fox News host Martha MacCallum last week that the Department of Education “doesn’t really add any value anywhere. DeVos advised that the opportunity for Trump to radically change the department is “wide open.”
“Take the power away from the Department of Education, block-grant those funds, continue to invest in education, but get it down to a much more local level where better decisions are made on behalf of students,” DeVos said. “The bureaucrats at the Department of Education aren’t doing the job. They haven’t done the job for more than four decades to close the achievement gaps — they’ve only widened.”
YES. Disband the Dept of Ed and send Randi Weingarten packing as well. Put the money back into education, not bloated salaries. Support school choice so that schools earn their students. Return the curriculum to teaching students how to think and problem solve, bring back debate teams, learn how to get along with team sports and be healthy, continue to require 40 hours of community service to create good citizens, grade students on merit, put American flags back in the classrooms and teach the Pledge of Allegiance.
YES YES YES!
…and GET RID OF teachers unions and D.E.I. !
The Department of Education should be eliminated. Schools should be run by the States and local communities. With strong support by parents’ teachers should be held accountable for what they teach and rewarded by a merit-based system instead of state tenure statutes. We need school choice options for parents to insure they get the best education available for their children.
Oh shit… Last time he appointed Billionaire wife of the head of Amway Corp, and she didn’t do squat. We are fucked again.