President Donald Trump described the Ministry of Education A “con stomach”, after having said that he had seen a report that the nation ranks 40th in the world in education, but the number one in cost per student.
Trump spoke with journalists on Wednesday afternoon of the office oval when he was invited to know how long he wanted the Ministry of Education (DOE) to be closed.
“Oh, I would like it to be closed immediately. Look at the Ministry of Education. It is a great stupid work,” he replied. “They have classified the main countries of the world. We are classified number 40, but we are classified number 1 in the department: cost per student. So we spend more by student than any other country in the world, but we ‘re CLANED SIGNATION 40. “
Trump said the last time he watched where the United States ranked education, he was classified 38th, but he then watched two days ago, and the country fell at number 40.
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He even noted that China had ranked in the top five.
“As big as it is, it is classified in the first five, and it is our … main competitor,” said Trump. “So, if we are classified number 40, it means that something is really not going well.”
The President ordered the Government Department of Effectiveness (DOGE), the department led by Elon Musk, to find ways to reduce unnecessary spending, and the DOE has blocking this week.
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In fact, DOGE announced on Monday that $ 881 million was being reduced to 89 DOE contracts.
Of these $ 881 million, DOGE identified $ 101 million that was used for DEI training, including teachers to “help students understand / question the complex stories involved in oppression and help students Recognize the areas of privilege and power on an individual and collective basis.
“Your taxes have been spent for this,” Musk wrote about DOE expenses.
Last month, Trump signed two decrees on education: one to withdraw federal funding from kindergarten schools to the 12th year that teach the critical theory of race (CRT) and another to support the choice of school.
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The teaching of the CRT and other controversial content in schools have triggered reactions on the scale of parents during meetings of the School Board across the country in recent years. During his presidential campaign, Trump undertook to reduce the federal funding of schools that promote CRT, transgender ideology and “any other racial, sexual or inappropriate political content on our children”.
Trump has signed a burst of decrees to target federal funding for schools while test scores continue to drop, according to the country’s bulletin.
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Trump administration officials also weigh a plan to dismantle the United States Ministry of Education, according to a Wall Street Journal report Posted last week.
Kristine Parks of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
