Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Education Department
The complete elimination of the department would require the approval of Congress.
"It sounds strange, doesn’t it? Department of Education. We’re going to eliminate it," Trump said while speaking in the East Room of the White House at a ceremony where he was flanked by children seated at school desks.
Congressional approval would be needed to fully abolish the department. Trump said that he hoped Democrats would vote in favor of legislation to do that.
“I hope they’re going to be voting for it," Trump said of congressional Democrats, "because ultimately it may come before them.”