Trump Holds Disaster Presser for Unthinkable Order
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What announcement did Trump make at the press conference?
Horrible stuff coming out of the White House. Donald Trump just held a bizarre and dangerous press conference where he announced he would be eliminating the Department of Education. He signed an executive order that sets in motion a process to get rid of the Department of Education. Here, Donald Trump says that it sounds strange to say this, but the Department of Education will be gone. Let's play the clip.
But I believe we'll get it done. Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making. In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the Federal Department of Education once and for all. And it sounds strange, doesn't it? Department of Education, we're going to eliminate it. And everybody knows it's right. And the Democrats know it's right. And I hope they're going to be voting for it because ultimately it may come before them. But everybody knows it's right.
Now, Donald Trump set up a fake classroom to hold this awful press conference, and he used children as props in this fake classroom where he was gutting the futures of children. Let's play the clip.
Yeah, do it. I think so. Maybe I should speak to this question in advance.
Then Donald Trump says that he hopes that Linda McMahon, who was appointed to be the secretary of the Department of Education, will be the last secretary since the department will no longer exist. Let's play the clip.
For a long time, and we're pleased to be joined today by the woman who I chose because she's an extraordinary person, and hopefully she will be our last secretary of education, Linda McMahon. Linda. Thank you. Thank you very much. That's another interesting statement. It's an interesting opening, right? But it's true, and it's been amazing how popular this has been. I tell people that this is what I'm doing today, and they say, oh, it's about time. Everybody says it. Republicans and Democrats have said it. They're all saying it. Also with us are...
Let me just share with you another angle. And again, you can see how Donald Trump was using these children as props as he's saying these awful things about the Department of Education. Let's play it. By the way, before showing you more clips, I wanted to share this with you as well. Lots of Trump voters out there saying that they didn't vote to gut the Department of Education, which is actually playing a critical role in not just blue states, but even a more critical role in red states to help disabled kids, to help poor kids, to help give kids lunch. Here's one such example. Let's play the clip.
Trump won this state. In Bell County, 84% voted for Trump, yet it deeply relies on federal funding. A CNN analysis found the 15 states that most rely on federal funding for its public schools in 2022 all voted for Trump. And I voted for President Trump. I mean, you're an educator. You didn't vote for Trump eliminating federal funds.
No, I did not vote for that. I voted for President Trump to make America first.
Donald Trump then brags about gutting the government and firing over 50 percent of people who work in the government. Let's play it.
I'm pleased to report that after offering these federal employees two generous buyout options and they were very generous and they're good people. They were very generous. My administration has initiated a reduction in force, and we're already cutting numbers that were really surprising to a lot that we were able to do it so successfully. And we've cut the number of bureaucrats in half. Fifty percent have taken office, which is great.
Then he randomly points to people in the audience and says, these are all people who are interested in education. Let's play this clip.
And Kim Reynolds. These are all people very interested in education.
Now, I had the opportunity and honor to interview Randy Weingarten from the American Federation of Teachers. She leads the American Federation of Teachers, the main teachers union. And she explains that, and I did this interview about two weeks ago, she explains the cruelty of Donald Trump ripping away people's opportunities.
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