Since Carter was president, the GOP has been looking to abolish the Department of Education. It looks like Trump will finally do it.

The draft order will direct the department to slash spending and slash staff, according to The Washington Post. Such an aggressive decision on such a large scale would have sweeping consequences.

“The Dept of Education provides crucial funding for low-income public schools—eliminating it would result in the loss of 6% of teachers’ jobs nationwide,” former adviser for Barack Obama, Steven Rattner, wrote on X.

For many Republican voters, "owning the libs" IS the objective. But it sure looks self-defeating to me.

The Dept of Education provides crucial funding for low-income public schools — eliminating it would result in the loss of 6% of teachers’ jobs nationwide.

(This chart is from my Sept article on Project 2025, which Trump disavowed during the campaign and is now largely adopting) pic.twitter.com/l0Hc44TMgc

— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) February 4, 2025

It's not even close. Red States will be the big losers. School lunches, special education classes, etc.

It reminds me of Trump's reaction to California's wildfires. Suddenly he started talking about getting rid of FEMA, eventhough the biggest recipients of FEMA are poor red states.

President Donald Trump has questioned the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but potential cuts to FEMA may hit residents of three red states the hardest.

"FEMA is going to be a whole big discussion very shortly because I'd rather see the states take care of their own problems," Trump said during an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity Wednesday evening.

Once again, it's not even close. But I guess he will own the libs for a day.