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What A Day

The Miseducation Of Donald Trump feat. Former Sec. Arne Duncan

What A Day

Crooked Media

News, Daily News

4.612K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to officially start shutting down the Department of Education. The thing is... he can't do that, at least not unilaterally. Shutting down the Education Department will require an act of Congress. But the Trump administration has already done a pretty thorough job of gutting the department from the inside, cutting the DOE's staff in half earlier this month. Arne Duncan, who served as education secretary under President Barack Obama, talks about the potential catastrophes on the horizon. And in headlines: Maryland Congressman Glenn Ivey became the first sitting Democrat to call on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down, a federal judge blocked the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing personal information on the Social Security Administration's data systems, and the United Kingdom and Germany issued travel warnings for the U.S.

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0:00.0

It's Friday, March 21st. I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waddey, the show that is not going to buy stock in Tesla, especially if the Secretary of Commerce goes on Fox News and says, we should all buy stock in Tesla.

0:15.6

At this point, if Howard Lutnik told me the sky was blue, I'd check a few times first.

0:28.5

Music If Howard Lutnik told me the sky was blue, I'd check a few times first. On today's show, the federal courts steal another blow to the Department of Government

0:32.9

Efficiency.

0:33.9

And the UK tells travelers, be careful if you're headed to the U.S. of A.

0:38.0

But let's start with the end of the Department of Education.

0:41.5

For real this time? Sort of. Maybe.

0:45.4

Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making.

0:50.7

In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the federal Department of Education

0:57.6

once and for all.

1:00.9

On Thursday, in front of a bunch of kids sitting at desks for some reason, President Donald Trump

1:06.3

signed an executive order to start shutting down the Department of Education.

1:10.2

Well, in his opinion.

1:12.3

But if you've been listening to the show, you know that this has been the plan all along.

1:17.3

For weeks, the Trump administration has been attacking the Department of Education,

1:21.5

cutting almost 50% of the department staff last week. In a letter to the department,

1:26.4

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said that her

1:28.7

job was to foment a, quote, effective transfer of educational oversight to the states, adding,

1:34.4

quote, this is our opportunity to perform one final, unforgettable public service to future generations

1:40.3

of students. Unforgettable, definitely, maybe even irreparable. But again, you can't just

1:46.8

end the Department of Education with an executive order. It actually requires an act of Congress. Remember

1:51.9

them? Now, Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy has promised to sponsor a bill

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