Posted on 02/04/2025 9:06:19 AM PST by RandFan
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire whom President Trump has tapped as the head of his new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), boasted on his social platform X on Monday night that Trump “will succeed” in the GOP goal of dismantling the Department of Education.
“Reagan campaigned on ending the federal Dept of Education, which was created by Carter in 1979, but it was bigger when Reagan left office than when he started!” Musk said in response to a report from The Washington Post that Trump is eyeing an executive order to dismantle the agency.
“Not this time. President @realDonaldTrump will succeed,” he added.
Completely shutting down the Department of Education would require legislative action, but it is likely Trump could take some actions to hamper the agency’s power in the meantime.
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I would like for Trump to issue an Executive Order that ends DEI at all public universities.
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He already did.
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/did-trump-issue-an-order-again-3dYLLAfySK2s4C5Khhulkg
Musk has already walked back his commitment from to 2 trillion to 500 billion in cuts. That is a start.
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as long as elon pulls off the big wins, like he has, and doesnt advance any ccp goals,
he is more than welcomed in my opinion.
he has way more made up for his visa stumble as far as im concerned. .
It looks lighter than the K-12 DEI EO.
IIRC-—TRUMP OPENLY CAMPAIGNED ON GIVING THE POWER BACK TO THE STATES
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