President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take steps to dissolve the Education Department, a long-sought goal of some conservatives.
In a ceremony at the White House, Trump said he was embarking on a historic action 45 years in the making.
“People have wanted to do this for many, many years, for many, many decades, and … no president ever got around to doing it, but I’m getting around to doing it,” he told a group of supporters that included Republican governors, members of Congress and conservative activist Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty.
