RE: Education would be near the top of my list for 100% removal.
Yes, but the Department was CREATED BY LAW. The President can only execute the law, he cannot CHANGE the law. This is an act that Congress should pass.
Congress should pass that law. Meanwhile, the President of the United States should do whatever he can within the law (using his “pen and a phone”) to shrink those departments. Perhaps a hiring slowdown, with a limit of one new hire for every three or four departures would be a nice start.