Trump picks former WWE wrestling executive as education secretary

US President-elect Donald Trump continues to make appointments to his future government, naming Linda McMahon, the former head of the largest wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment, who served in the first Trump administration, as his pick to head the country's Department of Education on Tuesday, UNN reports, citing NBC News.

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If confirmed by the Senate, McMahon will oversee the department, which Trump said he plans to "get rid of" in its current form and allow each state to "handle education individually.

"As secretary of Education, Linda will work tirelessly to extend 'choice' to all states of America and empower parents to make the best educational decisions for their families, "Trump said in a statement describing McMahon as an" ardent advocate for parental rights.

McMahon reposted Trump's message, which was distributed by his campaign, on X. Earlier in the day, she joined Trump and Elon Musk, who was appointed co-chair of the new "Department of Government Efficiency," at the launch of the SpaceX Starship in Texas.

McMahon, 76, is co-chair of Trump's transitional presidential team. She was chairman of the Small Business Administration during his first presidency, before stepping down from her Cabinet-level position in 2019 to chair the pro-Trump super committee on Political Action America First Action.

Before joining the first Trump administration, McMahon served on the Connecticut Board of education in 2009, before retiring to run for 2010 and 2012 U.S. Senate seats in the state.

Mcmegon Bull once and the head sponsors of Trump's campaign 2024 rock-won contributed 20 million dollars to the supercommittee of the political parties of Make America Great Again Inc. as well as 937 800 dollars from the yogo campaign, which was created by the joint committee of the Zboru koshti. Vona is overloaded by the current CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, Vince McMahon.

According to the Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. Department of Education has a budget of $241.6 billion and employs about 13,000 people.

Under the Biden administration, the Department of Education approved the write-off of студент 175 billion in student loan debt. The administration also sought to expand civil rights protection for LGBTQ students with a new Title IX rule that expands the definition of sexual harassment in schools. The rule was blocked in several states that opposed the policy.

Trump said during the campaign that he would repeal Title IX protections for transgender students. He also said that he plans to sign an executive order that would withhold federal funding from "any school that puts critical racial theory, transgender lunacy, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on the shoulders of our children.

McMahon criticized diversity, equality, and inclusivity programs, writing in an article published by Fox News this year that DEI (diversity, equality, and inclusivity) provisions "have nothing to do with training skilled workers" and that such policies "add costs and administrative burden to all apprenticeship programs.

McMahon is chairman of the Board of Directors of the America First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank that she launched with other former Trump administration officials in 2021. Trump said he plans to appoint others associated with the organization, including former Georgia Representative Doug Collins as secretary of Veterans Affairs and former New York Representative Lee Zeldin as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

McMahon is also the latest cabinet nominee from Trump's transition team. Earlier on Tuesday, he named Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, who is co-chairing his transition process with McMahon, as his nominee for Commerce Secretary.