Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Education Department
Trump signed an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the department. Complete elimination would require congressional approval.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start dismantling the Education Department.
"It sounds strange, doesn’t it? Department of Education. We’re going to eliminate it," Trump said in the East Room of the White House at a ceremony where he was flanked by children seated at school desks. Before he signed the order, Trump turned to the children and asked, “Should I do this?”
Introducing McMahon, Trump said that “hopefully she will be our last secretary of education.” He vowed “to find something else for you, Linda.”
Congressional approval would be needed to fully abolish the department. Trump said he hoped Democrats would vote in favor.
“I hope they’re going to be voting for it," Trump said of congressional Democrats, "because ultimately it may come before them.”
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