Donald Trump has nominated former WWE CEO Linda McMahon, who used to placed on occasions like “Hell in a Cell” and “Wrestlemania,” to steer the Division of Training.
In a press launch Tuesday night time, Trump mentioned McMahon would lead efforts to “ship Training BACK TO THE STATES,” a longtime aim of Republicans who’ve sought to stop the division from reaching nationwide training targets and priorities.
McMahon additionally beforehand served as the top of the Small Enterprise Administration throughout Trump’s first time period. As a part of Trump’s financial crew, McMahon was a part of an administration that noticed the worst web job loss because the knowledge has been tracked. Small-business development underneath McMahon additionally pales compared to the report underneath Joe Biden’s present administration, which just lately hit a report of 20 million small-business functions.
McMahon follows within the custom of Betsy DeVos, who served as training secretary in Trump’s first administration: They’re each billionaire Republican donors and never figures with severe training backgrounds. McMahon did, nevertheless, resign from a state training place after it was revealed that she falsely claimed to have a level in training.
