On June 22, local time, former US President Trump delivered a speech at a Christian conservative group rally in Washington, D.C. During the speech, he was very dissatisfied with the current political stance of the US Department of Education and said that if he wins the presidential election in November this year, he will abolish the Department of Education.
According to a video of his speech released on YouTube by Forbes magazine that day, Trump said that if he wins the election, his government will set up a working group to ensure that correct English and math courses are taught in elementary and middle schools across the United States.
"I will abolish the federal Department of Education and return all this work to the states. The states can provide personalized education and do education with love for children." After saying this, the audience burst into warm applause. After enjoying the cheers of his supporters for a moment, Trump continued: "Thank you. Think about it. We spend more money on each student than any other country in the world."
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that Trump has raised the idea of "abolishing the Department of Education" during his second presidential campaign. CNN pointed out that Trump has actually been considering and repeatedly talking about abolishing the Department of Education since his first presidential campaign in 2016. According to reports, during Trump's presidency, his administration proposed merging the Department of Education and the Department of Labor into one federal agency as part of a plan to reorganize government departments. It is reported that the proposal must be approved by the U.S. Congress, but it has never been actually implemented. In addition, Trump also tried to cut billions of dollars in the Department of Education's budget during his tenure.
Many Republicans have called for abolishing the Department of Education since it was created as a cabinet-level government agency in 1980. At the same time, education has been a key issue in this year's presidential election, and Trump and other Republican presidential candidates have previously tried to capitalize on the anger of many parents over certain teaching content related to sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as slavery, inequality and racism in the United States.