IBL News | New York
On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump named Linda McMahon the new Secretary of Education.
“As Secretary of Education, Linda will fight tirelessly to expand ‘Choice’ to every State in America and empower parents to make the best Education decisions for their families,” Trump said in a statement that described McMahon as a “fierce advocate for Parents’ Rights.”
McMahon reposted Trump’s announcement. Earlier in the day, she joined Trump and Elon Musk, who was named a co-chair of a new “Department of Government Efficiency,” at the SpaceX Starship launch in Texas.
McMahon, 76, is a co-chair of Trump’s presidential transition team. She is a former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) executive who served in the first Trump administration. She ran the Small Business Administration for much of his first term and is married to former WWE CEO Vince McMahon.
If the Senate confirms her, McMahon will oversee a department that Trump said he planned to “get rid” of as it currently exists and allow each state to “handle education” individually.
McMahon was head of the Small Business Administration during his first presidency before she stepped down from the Cabinet-level post in 2019 to lead the pro-Trump America First Action super PAC.
Before she joined the first Trump administration, McMahon served on the Connecticut State Board of Education in 2009, before she resigned to make unsuccessful bids in 2010 and 2012 for U.S. Senate seats in the state.
McMahon was one of Trump’s top donors during the 2024 campaign, contributing more than $20 million to the Make America Great Again Inc. super PAC and $937,800 to his campaign and affiliated joint fundraising committees.
