Trump expected to sign executive order abolishing the Department of Education as soon as Thursday: report
President Trump is set to sign an executive order to eradicate the Department of Education as early as Thursday, according to a report.Trump will reportedly use his executive powers to direct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Education Department” based on “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law,” according to the Wall Street Journal, which viewed the drafted order.“The experiment of controlling American education through Federal programs and dollars–and the unaccountable bureaucrats those programs and dollars support–has failed our children, our teachers, and our families,” the draft order, which was labeled as “pre-decisional,” reads.The order – which supports the president’s pledge to have the federal agency shuttered – has been in the works since Trump’s transition, the outlet reported.The White House did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.McMahon, 76, who was confirmed along party lines Monday, cited the commander in chief’s upcoming move in an email to staffers mere hours after she was approved to head the department, the outlet reported, saying she would “send education back to the states.”The World Wrestling Entertainment co-founder added that Trump and the American voters “tasked us with accomplishing the elimination of the bureaucratic bloat here at the Education Department – a momentous final mission – quickly and responsibly,” the outlet reported.The 78-year-old president has also made no bones about his plans for the Education Department, telling reporters last month he hoped his nominee would “put herself out of a job.”On the campaign trail, Trump regularly told supporters and reporters that he wanted to get back into office to eliminate the federal department – telling Time Magazine in December that he initially planned for at least a “virtual closure” of the agency. “We will drain the government ed...