Trump says he wants the Education Department closed immediately
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he wants the Education Department to be closed “immediately.”
“Oh, I’d like it to be closed immediately,” he told reporters in the Oval Office when asked when he wanted it closed.
“Look, the Department of Education is a big con job,” Trump said. “They rank the top 40 countries in the world, we’re ranked number 40th.”
Trump said last week he would like to close the department using an executive order but was quick to recognize he would need buy-ins from Congress and teachers’ unions to fulfill his campaign pledge to do so.
Trump did, however, sign two executive orders on school funding in January, including on school choice and ending funding for schools that support what the White House calls “radical indoctrination.”
