President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he has nominated former wrestling executive Linda McMahon to serve as secretary of education, a position he pledged to dismantle during his White House campaign.
“We will bring education back to America, and Linda will lead that effort,” President Trump said in a statement Tuesday.
McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term. step down in 2019 To help with his 2020 re-election campaign.
She is also currently the co-chair of the Trump transition team. Howard LutnickPresident of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald. Trump announced on Tuesday He picked Lutnick. To be his commercial secretary.
McMahon and her husband, wrestling entertainment mogul Vince McMahon, co-founded and led the WWE for decades. leave the company Following allegations of sexual harassment in January He was Trump’s friend. He has been around for over 20 years and is one of his biggest donors.
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McMahon has no experience as an educator, but Trump noted in his statement the time she served on the Connecticut Board of Education from 2009 to 2010 and as a trustee of Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. McMahon has a “deep understanding of both education and business.”
At the time of the 2024 presidential election work outtrump promised to close The Department of Education complained that educational institutions’ budgets were too large and their staff were filled with “people who, in many cases, hate our children.”
The Department of Education, one of the smallest federal agencies, is responsible for federal distribution. financial assistance For education, collect and disseminate data and research related to schools, and prohibit discrimination in schools.
These funds account for less than 10% of U.S. public school funding, which is largely funded by state and local taxes.
Graham Kates contributed to this report.
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