Trump Chooses Linda McMahon for Education Secretary

Trump said he believes that McMahon will use her leadership experience to ‘make America Number One in Education in the World.’

Linda McMahon, the 25th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, discusses the state of America’s small businesses at a National Press Club headliners luncheon, on May 17. Noel St. John/The National Press Club

President-elect Donald Trump announced on the night of Nov. 19 that he has selected Linda McMahon to serve as secretary of the Department of Education, a department he has pledged to abolish.

The position requires Senate confirmation. McMahon, 76, currently co-chairs Trump’s transition team.