President Donald Trump announced that he is considering executive action to dismantle the Federal Department of Education. The DoE has been a cabinet-level office since 1979 when it was created during the Carter administration.
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🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump will be signing an executive order to “dismantle” the Department of Education, per WaPo
“I will shut down the federal Department of Education, and we will move everything back to the states where it belongs!”
🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/2yESrCsZnG
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 3, 2025
The DoE, with an annual budget of over $80 billion, has been the President’s focus since the campaign trail, both in returning education to the States and slashing the size and scope of the federal government.
BREAKING: The Trump Administration is reportedly considering a plan to dismantle the Department of Education
It’s happening! pic.twitter.com/pXYG6HDYiC
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 3, 2025
“I will be closing up the Department of Education, Washington DC, and will send all education BACK TO THE STATES,” President Trump said prior to taking office.“We spend THREE TIMES PER PUPIL than any other nation, yet we’re still at the bottom.”
ABC News reports that some DoE officials have already been placed on leave.
BREAKING: President Trump has placed dozens of Department of Education officials on leave, per ABC.
— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) February 3, 2025
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The EO is expected to end any function of the DoE that is not explicitly required by statute. Other functions may be moved to other departments. To completely shut down the department, the President will need congressional action.
Representative Thomas Massie has already introduced a bill to do just that.
I just reintroduced H.R. 899, a one sentence bill to TERMINATE the federal department of education and return power back to teachers and parents.
This is it, the entire bill: pic.twitter.com/2dLYVE9Iwn
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) January 31, 2025
To get H.R. 899 through Congress, Tom may have to add another sentence or two.
But it’s a start.
Tomorrow morning at the Department of Education gonna be lit. pic.twitter.com/dxIzXfZf4F
— Mark Sibley (@mnsibley) February 3, 2025
Don’t let Elon see that. The feds probably paid $500 for that stapler.
The Dept. of Education has completely failed anyway. Children can’t read or do math, but they for sure know about zim/zer pronouns. Good riddance. pic.twitter.com/ddZUY34PDU
— TheNateAndGarrettShow (@Nategarrettshow) February 3, 2025
If you want to ‘Make America Great Again,’ you need to teach our kids to read again. Getting rid of the DoE is a great first step.
At this pace the MSM / Democrats won’t be able to complain fast enough. Incredible.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) February 3, 2025
They still haven’t caught their breath after complaining about USAID. They probably need to rehydrate and take a nap. Give them time; there’s going to be plenty of crying.
Trump 2.0 is better than I could imagine !
— Scott Burgess (@XScottBurgess) February 3, 2025
This ain’t his first rodeo. He’s applied a lot of what he learned from Trump 1.0. It’s amazing what you can achieve with a good education.
Promises made, promises kept. We can’t wait to see what he does tomorrow.
