Trump continues to troll America, nominating the wrestling executive to lead the Department of Education

In two weeks since Donald Trump re-elected as president, he recruited a series of individuals to serve as second-term advisors and cabinet members Its general theme can be summarized in four words: What the hell? Trump wants to put a rabid anti-vaxxer in charge of the nation’s health, name a man accused of having sex with a minor* as attorney general, and pick a former Real world Executive member of the Department of Transport. Now, it’s not surprising that he’s decided a man best known as a wrestling executive should head the Department of Education.

Yes, on Tuesday night, Trump announced that he appointed the former president and longtime CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment Linda McMahon as his choice to be education secretary, speak that McMahon would “make America number one in education in the world” by “sending education BACK TO THE STATE.” Trump previously did commit to disband the Department of Education, and while it seems unlikely that he could actually do that, he could certainly use his cabinet-selection power to try to eliminate the agency through through budget cuts and other measures.

For McMahon, her credentials to run the Department of Education come as no surprise. EQUAL Washington Post noteIn 2009, she claimed she had a degree in education but the shocking thing is that’s not actually true. Meanwhile, like any credible Trump nominee, she has been implicated in at least one sex scandal. each New York Magazine:

In October, Linda and [her husband] Vince McMahon was sued in Maryland civil court by five former “ring boys” (basically golfers) who claimed they were abused by a former ring announcer and that the McMahons hired him to wear despite knowing about his alleged conduct. According to Business Insider, the unnamed plaintiffs were just 12 years old when they were sexually abused by broadcaster Mel Phillips, who died in 2012. Phillips was fired in 1988 but rehired six weeks later with the stipulation that he stop abusing children at work. (He was permanently fired in 1990 after multiple alleged incidents of abuse.) “Vince and Linda returned Phillips to the organization with a warning that Mel stay away from underage boys , stop playing with children and stop pursuing children,” one person said. witness in a 1992 libel suit regarding the incident.

The McMahons and WWE have denied any wrongdoing. Linda resigned her executive position at WWE in 2009 to run for Senate in Connecticut, leading to unsuccessful bids in 2010 and 2012.

For his part, Vince McMahon has personally been accused of sexual misconduct and infidelity on multiple occasions; in 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported that McMahon paid more than $12 million over 16 years to keep the allegations against him quiet. Two years later, a former employee filed a lawsuit against McMahon, claiming he offered her work for prostitution and allegedly trafficked her to other men. The lawsuit has since been filed pause—because prosecutors are investigate allegations of human trafficking. McMahon has denied all allegations.

In other cabinet news, Trump on Tuesday named Doctor Mehmet Oz—has long been famous for its street vending profession Misinformation about health And snake oil—was his choice for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, while CEO Cantor Fitzgerald Howard Lutnick—who has hug Robert F. Kennedy Jr.The anti-vaccination stance of—is tap lightly for commercial secretary.

*Matt Gaetz denies this.

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