U.S President Trump signs an executive order to begin dismantling the us education department, fulfilling a campaign promise. The move faces legal challenges and congressional hurdles. Trump claims the department "does no good," while critics warn of risks to student aid. Education secretary Linda Mcmahon calls it "our department's final mission." Trump Signs Order
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00:00the President of the United States.
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00:23Thank you very much.
00:25Thank you very much, everybody.
00:41And I'd like to start by saying that our country is doing very well.
00:45Things are, as you can see, doing quite well.
00:48Please sit down.
00:51Before we begin, I just want to announce that I signed a proclamation a few moments
00:57ago honoring the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry's famous speech to the second Virginia
01:04Convention in which he declared very well-known, very famous words, give me liberty or give
01:11me death.
01:12Has anyone heard the phrase?
01:13I think most of you have.
01:20And moments ago, I also signed an executive order to dramatically increase production
01:24of critical minerals and rare earths.
01:27It's a big thing in this country.
01:29And as you know, we're also signing agreements in various locations to unlock rare earths
01:36and minerals and lots of other things all over the world.
01:40But in particular, Ukraine, we're doing very well with regard to Ukraine and Russia.
01:47And one of the things we are doing is signing a deal very shortly with respect to rare earths
01:52with Ukraine, which they have a tremendous value in rare earth, and we appreciate that.
01:58And we spoke yesterday with, as you know, President Putin and President Zelensky.
02:05And we would love to see that come to an end.
02:07And I think we're doing pretty well in that regard.
02:10So hopefully we could save thousands of people a week from dying.
02:14That's what it's all about.
02:15The dying, so unnecessarily.
02:17And I believe we'll get it done.
02:20We'll see what happens.
02:22But I believe we'll get it done.
02:24Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making.
02:30In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the Federal Department
02:36of Education once and for all.
02:41And it sounds strange, doesn't it?
02:50Department of Education, we're going to eliminate it, and everybody knows it's right.
02:55And the Democrats know it's right, and I hope they're going to be voting for it because
02:59ultimately it may come before them.
03:01But everybody knows it's right, and we have to get our children educated.
03:06We're not doing well with the world of education in this country, and we haven't for a long
03:13time.
03:14And we're pleased to be joined today by the woman who I chose because she's an extraordinary
03:20person.
03:22And hopefully she will be our last Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon.
03:27Linda.
03:29Thank you very much.
03:32That's another interesting statement.
03:36It's an interesting opening, right?
03:38But it's true, and people, it's been amazing how popular this has been.
03:43I tell people that this is what I'm doing today, and they say, oh, it's about time.
03:49Everybody says it.
03:50Republicans and Democrats have said it.
03:52They're all saying it.
03:53Also with us are some terrific people.
03:57Governor Greg Abbott.
03:58Greg, thank you very much.
04:04Governor Ron DeSantis.
04:06Thank you very much, Ron.
04:10Mike Braun.
04:11Congratulations on your victory, Mike.
04:13That was a big one.
04:16Mike DeWine.
04:18Thank you very much, Mike.
04:22Jeff Landry.
04:23Jeff, thank you very much, Jeff.
04:27Bill Lee.
04:29Governors.
04:30All governors.
04:31Brad Little.
04:32Brad, thank you very much.
04:33Where are you?
04:34Brad.
04:36Jim Piland.
04:37Thank you very much, Jim.
04:40And Kim Reynolds.
04:41These are all people very interested in education.
04:45And I even see Dan Patrick over there, my friend Dan Patrick.
04:50We're joined also by Representatives Tim Wahlberg and Virginia Foxx, Rick Allen, Michael Rooley.
05:02And again, Dan Patrick.
05:04Thank you very much, Dan.
05:05You've been a great friend of ours.
05:09And State Attorneys General Ken Paxton.
05:11Ken, I see you there.
05:14Andrew Bailey.
05:15Andrew, what a job you've done, Andrew.
05:18You have some good cases going.
05:20You've done a great job.
05:21Thank you very much.
05:22And co-founder of Moms for Liberty, Tiffany Justice.
05:26She's been a hard worker.
05:30Thank you, Tiffany.
05:33When President Carter created the Federal Education Department in 1979, it was opposed
05:39by members of his own cabinet as well as the American Federation of Teachers, the New York
05:45Times editorial board, and the famed Democrat Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
05:51History has proven them right, absolutely right.
05:55After 45 years, the United States spends more money on education by far than any other country
06:01and spends, likewise, by far, more money per pupil than any country, and it's not even
06:08close.
06:09But yet, we rank near the bottom of the list in terms of success.
06:13It's an amazing stat.
06:16Those are two stats you don't want.
06:17The most money spent per pupil, and you're at the bottom of the list.
06:20And that's where we are, like it or not.
06:22And we've been there for a long time.
06:25Seventy percent of eighth graders are not proficient in either reading or in math.
06:31Seventy percent.
06:32Forty percent of fourth graders lack even basic reading skills, can't read.
06:37Students in our public elementary and middle schools score worse in reading today than
06:42when the department opened by a lot.
06:47In Baltimore, 40 percent of the high schools have zero students who can do basic mathematics.
06:53Not even the very simplest of mathematics.
06:56I said, give me your definition of basic, and they're talking about like adding a few
07:01numbers together.
07:02Despite these breathtaking failures, the department's discretionary budget has exploded by 600 percent
07:10in a very short period of time and employs bureaucrats in buildings all over Washington,
07:15D.C.
07:16And as a former real estate person, I will tell you, I ride through the streets of Washington
07:21and it says Department of Education, Department of Education.
07:25I said, how do you fill those buildings?
07:27It's crazy what's happened over the years.
07:30I'm pleased to report that after offering these federal employees two generous buyout
07:36options and they were very generous and they're good people, but they were very generous.
07:42My administration has initiated a reduction in force and we're already cutting numbers
07:48that were really surprising to a lot that we were able to do it so successfully.
07:53And we've cut the number of bureaucrats in half.
07:56Fifty percent have taken office, which is great.
08:05Under the action I'm taking today, a small handful of Democrats and others that we have
08:12employed for a long time, and there are some Republicans, but not too many, I have to be
08:16honest with you.
08:19But the department's useful functions and such as they're in charge of them, Pell Grants,
08:25Title One funding, resources for children with disabilities and special needs will be
08:29preserved, fully preserved.
08:32They're all going to be.
08:33So if you look at the Pell Grants, supposed to be a very good program, Title One funding
08:38and resources for children with special disabilities and special needs, they're going to be preserved
08:45in full and redistributed to various other agencies and departments that will take very
08:52good care of them.
08:53And that's very important to Linda, I know, and it's very important to all of us.
08:57But beyond these core necessities, my administration will take all lawful steps to shut down the
09:03department.
09:04We're going to shut it down and shut it down as quickly as possible.
09:07It's doing us no good.
09:08We want to return our students to the states where just some of the governors here are
09:13so happy about this.
09:15They want education to come back to them, to come back to the states, and they're going
09:19to do a phenomenal job.
09:21You know, if you look, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, I have to tell you, I give them a lot of credit.
09:28China's a top 10.
09:30And so we can't now say that bigness is making it impossible to educate because China is
09:36very big.
09:37But you have countries that do a very good job in education.
09:41And I really believe, like some of the governors here today, from states that run very, very
09:46well, including a big state like Texas.
09:48But states that run very well are going to have education that will be as good as Norway,
09:55Denmark, Sweden, and those top Finland, those top countries that do so well with education.
10:00I think they'll have they'll do every bit as well.
10:04And what do you think about that, Governor?
10:05Do you agree?
10:06I think so.
10:07Ron, do you agree?
10:08I think so.
10:09Florida?
10:11Iowa?
10:12That's right.
10:13I really believe that they'll be as good as any of them.
10:16And then you'll have some laggards, and we'll work with them.
10:21And we can all tell you who the laggards will be right now, probably.
10:24But let's not get into that.
10:26But we'll work with them, and we're going to make them, they'll do a job.
10:30I think they'll do a job.
10:31And they'll go to sections of the state.
10:33For instance, New York, you'll have a Manhattan, and you'll have a Suffolk County, and you'll
10:38have Nassau County, and you'll have Westchester County.
10:42You'll do four or five or six of them.
10:43You have upstate New York.
10:45And those counties, I think, are going to do very well.
10:47And I think, ultimately, Manhattan should do very well.
10:50But we'll break it down into sections, and I think it'll be really, really good.
10:55And they're going to be probably the tougher ones.
10:57But I think they have a chance to do really well.
11:01But we're going to be returning education very simply back to the states where it belongs.
11:07And this is a very popular thing to do.
11:10But much more importantly, it's a common-sense thing to do.
11:13And it's going to work.
11:14Absolutely, it's going to work.
11:16And I can tell you from dealing with the governors and others in the state, they want it so badly.
11:22They want to take their children back and really teach their children individually.
11:28Probably the cost will be half, and the education will be maybe many, many times better.
11:35So we look forward to this.
11:38I want to just make one little personal statement.
11:41Teachers, to me, are among the most important people in this country.
11:45And we're going to take care of our teachers.
11:47And I don't care if they're in the union or not in the union, that doesn't matter.
11:52But we're going to take care of our teachers.
11:54And I believe the states will take actually better care of them than they are taken care
12:01of right now.
12:02And we're going to work all sorts of systems, and even merit systems.
12:05Those great teachers are going to be maybe a little bit better rewarded, or maybe that's
12:09the way it should be.
12:10But the states are going to make that decision.
12:12But we're going to love and cherish our teachers, along with our children.
12:16And they're going to work with the parents, and they're going to work with everybody else.
12:20And it's going to be an amazing thing to watch.
12:22And it's really going to be something special.
12:24And, Linda, you're presiding over something that's so important.
12:27And you're going to do a fantastic job, just like you have your whole life.
12:31I know your whole life, I've been watching you.
12:34I've been watching you for a long time.
12:35She's had nothing but success.
12:37So it's tremendous to have you.
12:40And hopefully, you won't be there too long.
12:42But we're going to find something else for you, Linda, okay?
12:45So this will conclude what we are talking about with respect to our most cherished group
12:53of people.
12:54And that's our children.
12:55We want to have our children well-educated.
12:58We want them to love going to school.
13:00We have examples of it.
13:02Look at those beautiful, bright-eyed faces.
13:05They are so smart.
13:07They're so smart.
13:10And with that, I'm going to come down, and we're going to sign a very important document.
13:16And we're going to be on our way.
13:17People have wanted to do this for many, many years, for many, many decades.
13:21And I don't know, no president ever got around to doing it.
13:24But I'm getting around to doing it.
13:26So thank you very much.
14:01I'll take this one out.
14:04I had one.
14:05I was very lucky.
14:06I signed another document that turned out to be very good for the country.
14:10And I said, let's use that same pen.
14:11I don't know.
14:12Is anybody superstitious?
14:13Ron, are you superstitious?
14:16Let's use that same pen.
14:30OK.
14:32One more time.
14:33Can you come up here?
14:34Just to say, come on up.
14:35That's good.
14:39Come on up here.
14:56Can you come up, just to say, come on up?
15:01That's very important.
15:04You're a big factor here.
15:05Thank you, sir.
15:08Thank you, everybody.
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