President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has selected former Linda McMahon to serve as Secretary of Education.
In a press release from the Trump-Vance transition team, President Trump praised McMahon, a former head of the Small Business Administration, as a “fierce champion of parental rights.” McMahon also co-founder Former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Trump said his administration would “bring education back to America,” adding that McMahon would spearhead that effort.
“It is my great honor to announce that Linda McMahon, former Secretary of the Small Business Administration, will become the United States Secretary of Education,” President Trump said. “For the past four years, as president of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), Linda has passionately championed parental rights and led both AFPI and America First Works (AFW) to achieve universal schooling. Elected in 12 states to give children the opportunity to receive a great education, regardless of their zip code or income.
President Trump added, “As Secretary of Education, Linda will work tirelessly to expand choice to every state in America and empower parents to make the best education decisions for their families.” Ta.
The press release continued:
Linda served two years on the Connecticut State Board of Education, where she was one of 15 commissioners who oversee all public education in the state, including the technical high school system. She also served on the Board of Trustees of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut for two years, for a total of more than 16 years. She is currently doing a great job as co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition team. 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 the world in education. We are bringing education back to America, and Linda will be at the forefront of that effort.
President Trump has previously expressed support for abolishing the Department of Education and returning education to the states.
“But if you take education back to the ’50s; [states]some things are going to go wrong…but it's going to be a pretty bad situation so they're actually going to be forced to do better,” Trump told Elon Musk in an August X Spaces interview. Ta. “But if you think about it, there are some of these states – I’m sure there are 30 or 35 states. [where education] It will be much better. And you know what? It's less than half the price compared to Washington. And these people don't care about students in states far away. ”
