President Donald Trump called the Ministry of Education a ‘Con Job’, after he said he saw a report that the nation around the world is 40th in education, but number one in costs per student.
Trump spoke with reporters from the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon when he was asked how quickly he wanted the Ministry of Education (DIY) to be closed.
“Oh, I would like it to be closed immediately. Look at the Ministry of Education. It’s a big job,” he replied. “They ranked the top countries in the world. We are ranked at number 40th, but we are ranked at number 1 in 1 department: costs per student. So we spend more per student than any other country in the world, but we ‘re -arranged number 40. “
Trump said the last time he looked at where the US was in education, it was in 38th place, but then he looked two days ago and the country had fallen to number 40.
President Trump said he would like the Ministry of Education to close immediately. (Donald Trump 2024 -Campagne)
He even noticed that China was arranged in the top five.
“No matter how big it is, it is ranked in the top five, and that is our … primary competitor,” Trump said. “So if we are number 40, it means that something is really wrong.”
The president has commissioned the Ministry of Government Efficiency (Doge), the department led by Elon Musk, to find ways to defeat waste spending, and the Doe made the heel block this week.
Washington, DC – August 21: The building of the US Department of Education can be seen on August 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images) (Tierney L. Cross)
DOGE even announced on Monday that $ 881 million was reduced in connection with 89 DIY contracts.
Of that $ 881 million, DOGE $ 101 million identified for dei training, including teaching educators to ‘help students to understand/interpret the complex history involved in oppression, and students help areas of privileges and power recognize individual and collective basis. “
“Your tax dollars are spent on this,” Musk wrote about the Doe -Easters.
Last month Trump signed two executive orders on education: one to remove the federal financing of K-12 schools that teach Critical Race Theory (CRT), and another to support school choice.
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Critical Race Theory (CRT) has emerged in recent years as a polarizing subject. (Robert Gauthier)
The education of CRT and other controversial content in schools has fueled the return of parents at school board meetings throughout the country in recent years. During his presidential campaign, Trump promised to reduce federal financing for schools that CRT, transgender ideology and “promote any other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content of our children.”
Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders aimed at federal financing for schools, while the test scores continue to fall, according to the Nation’s report card.
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Trump administration officials reportedly also weigh a plan to dismantle the US Department of Education, according to one Wall Street Journal Report Published last week.
Kristine Parks from FOX News Digital contributed to this report.
