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Trump Chooses Longtime Ally Linda McMahon to Run Education Dept.
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday tapped Linda McMahon, a former professional wrestling executive who ran the Small Business Administration for much of his first term, to lead the Education Department, an agency he has routinely singled out for elimination in his upcoming term.
A close friend of Mr. Trump’s and a longtime booster of his political career, Ms. McMahon had been among his early donors leading up to his electoral victory in 2016 and has been one of the leaders of his transition team, vetting other potential appointees and drafting potential executive orders since August.
In Ms. McMahon, 76, Mr. Trump has elevated someone far outside the mold of traditional candidates for the role, an executive with no teaching background or professional experience steering education policy, other than an appointment in 2009 to the Connecticut State Board of Education, where she served for just over a year.
Trump Chooses Linda McMahon, a Longtime Ally, for Education Secretary
They were picked for their personal loyalty, prior fidelity to trumpery, and unquestioning subservience. And to own the libs, which is a super reason to do anything. That much is a given. But many are cut in his mold as well. First and foremost, almost all are manifestly unfit for the jobs they've been chosen to do. Some were previously accused of sexual abuse, or fraud. Some have experience on TV, especially trump TV, otherwise known as Faux. Some have made remarks that are antithetical to the mission of the agency they will lead. The entire endeavor has become so farcical it's like picking an executive from a clownish entertainment company to run the Dept. of Ed. Wait......that just happened.
As if to say, running government agencies requires no experience, expertise, or sincere desire to make things better. After all, I'm a flaming buffoon and I was the prez. MAGA.
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday tapped Linda McMahon, a former professional wrestling executive who ran the Small Business Administration for much of his first term, to lead the Education Department, an agency he has routinely singled out for elimination in his upcoming term.
A close friend of Mr. Trump’s and a longtime booster of his political career, Ms. McMahon had been among his early donors leading up to his electoral victory in 2016 and has been one of the leaders of his transition team, vetting other potential appointees and drafting potential executive orders since August.
In Ms. McMahon, 76, Mr. Trump has elevated someone far outside the mold of traditional candidates for the role, an executive with no teaching background or professional experience steering education policy, other than an appointment in 2009 to the Connecticut State Board of Education, where she served for just over a year.
Trump Chooses Linda McMahon, a Longtime Ally, for Education Secretary
They were picked for their personal loyalty, prior fidelity to trumpery, and unquestioning subservience. And to own the libs, which is a super reason to do anything. That much is a given. But many are cut in his mold as well. First and foremost, almost all are manifestly unfit for the jobs they've been chosen to do. Some were previously accused of sexual abuse, or fraud. Some have experience on TV, especially trump TV, otherwise known as Faux. Some have made remarks that are antithetical to the mission of the agency they will lead. The entire endeavor has become so farcical it's like picking an executive from a clownish entertainment company to run the Dept. of Ed. Wait......that just happened.
As if to say, running government agencies requires no experience, expertise, or sincere desire to make things better. After all, I'm a flaming buffoon and I was the prez. MAGA.
