Trump expected to pick Linda McMahon to serve as education secretary

President-elect Trump is expected to select Linda McMahon to serve as secretary of the Department of Education in his new cabinet.

Two sources familiar with the situation confirmed the selection to Fox News on Tuesday night.

McMahon, who served as administrator of the Small Business Administration in the first Trump administration, is the wife of Vince McMahon. The pair both co-founded World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 1980.

McMahon served in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2019. When she resigned, she wrote that the role had been “immensely rewarding.”

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Trump is expected to pick Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education. (Reuters)

“While it has truly been the honor of a lifetime to serve our country in this administration, it is time for me to step down and return to the private sector,” McMahon wrote in 2019. “I want to thank the President and I will continue with being a strong advocate for him and his policies.”

Trump has previously floated the idea of ​​disbanding the Department of Education, which began operating in 1980. The agency’s website says its mission is to “advance student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by promoting educational excellence and ensuring equal access for students in all ages.”

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President Trump shakes hands with Linda McMahon, the outgoing administrator of the Small Business Administration, in Palm Beach, Fla., March 29, 2019. (Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told Fox News host Martha MacCallum last week that the department “doesn’t really add any value anywhere.”

DeVos stated that Trump’s option to radically change the department is “open.”

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Linda McMahon, former administrator of the Small Business Administration, speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

“Take the power away from the Department of Education, block-allocate these funds, continue to invest in education, but bring it down to a much more local level where better decisions are made on behalf of students,” DeVos said. “Those bureaucrats in the Department of Education aren’t doing the work. They haven’t done the work for more than four decades to close the achievement gaps — they’ve only gotten bigger.”

Fox News Digital’s Joshua Comins contributed to this report.