Trump signs executive order to dismantle US Department of Education | LIVE

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLtXXpo4Ge1ReTEboVvTDg https://ift.tt/AzCmB23 United States President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday in a bid to shut down the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of Conservatives. Trump has criticized the Department of Education as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, finalizing its dismantling will require an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979. A White House fact sheet said the order would direct Secretary Linda McMahon “to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure (of) the Department of Education and return education authority to the States, while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely.” For more info, please go to https://ift.tt/svxr0gm Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #donaldtrump #uspoli