President Trump is making good on yet another campaign promise—this time, setting his sights on the bloated, ineffective, and radicalized Department of Education. According to The Washington Post, Trump is preparing a series of executive actions aimed at gutting the department from within, cutting funding, reducing staff, and redirecting key responsibilities elsewhere in the federal government. While fully abolishing the department requires congressional approval (which, let’s be honest, isn’t happening with the current Senate), Trump’s strategy is simple: depower it, weaken its grip, and return education control back to the states—where it belongs.
For decades, the Department of Education has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars while delivering nothing but declining test scores, failing schools, and an ever-growing bureaucracy more concerned with pushing woke indoctrination than actually teaching kids how to read and do math. U.S. students continue to lag behind the rest of the world, despite American taxpayers spending more per pupil than nearly any other country. Trump’s move to dismantle this disaster of an agency isn’t just necessary—it’s long overdue.
As part of the effort, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has deployed 20 staffers to audit, trim, and slash the Education Department’s waste. Their mission? Find ways to cut spending and reduce unnecessary positions—a task that shouldn’t be too difficult considering the department has become a haven for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activists who care more about gender theory than actual education. This follows a broader effort by Trump’s administration, which has already placed hundreds of federal employees on paid administrative leave—including all DEI workers, several federal prosecutors involved in politically motivated January 6 cases, and dozens of FBI agents.
Trump’s plan reportedly includes shifting certain functions of the Education Department to other agencies. The Heritage Foundation has suggested that the student loan program be moved to the Treasury Department and civil rights enforcement be placed under the Department of Justice—moves that would further strip the department of its power.
Of course, Democrats (and even some weak Republicans) will fight tooth and nail to keep this failed agency alive. In 2023, a House amendment to abolish the department outright failed, with 60 Republicans siding with Democrats to keep it in place. But Trump isn’t waiting around for Congress to get its act together. He’s taking action now.
Trump understands what most Americans already know: Washington bureaucrats shouldn’t be deciding what kids learn in Nebraska or Texas. Education belongs in the hands of parents, local school boards, and states—not unelected swamp creatures in D.C.
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