11/22/2024

Trump’s Education Secretary Pick Is Linda McMahon

She's the former CEO of the WWE

Linda McMahon, the co-chair of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team who spent much of her career as a pro-wrestling executive, is the incoming president’s choice to serve as secretary of education, the transition team announced Tuesday.

McMahon, 76, is a longtime friend and early supporter of Trump’s who served as head of the Small Business Administration during the Republican’s first term. She stepped down from the SBA in 2019 to lead the America First Action PAC in support of Trump’s reelection. She was reportedly in the running to serve as commerce secretary before Trump chose McMahon’s fellow transition co-chair, Howard Lutnick, for that post.

"Linda will use her decades of Leadership experience, and deep understanding of both education and business, to empower the next generation of American students and workers, and make America number one in education in the world," Trump said in a statement announcing her selection. "We will send education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort."*

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*Grammatical corrections related to capitalization corrected by OSAP.