In the 2 weeks considering that Donald Trump was reelected president, he’s tapped a string of people to function as second-term consultants and cabinet members whose typical thread might be summarized by 4 words: What the real fuck. Trump wishes to put a wild anti-vaxxer in charge of the country’s health, called a guy implicated of making love with a small * as attorney general of the United States, and selected a previous Real life cast member to run the Transportation Department. Now, unsurprisingly, he’s chosen an individual best referred to as a fumbling executive need to command the Department of Education.
Yes, on Tuesday night, Trump revealed that he had actually called previous longtime World Wrestling Entertainment president and CEO Linda McMahon as his choice for education secretary, stating that McMahon will “make America Number One in Education on the planet” by “sending out education BACK TO THE STATES.” Trump has actually formerly promised to take apart the Department of Education, and while it appears not likely that he’ll really have the ability to do so, he can definitely utilize his cabinet choice to try to hack away at the firm through budget plan cuts and other steps.
When it comes to McMahon, her qualifications to run the Department of Education are unsurprisingly little. As The Washington Post notes, in 2009, she as soon as declared to have actually made a degree in education however, surprise: that wasn’t in fact real. Like any Trump candidate worth their salt, she has actually been associated with at least one sex scandal. Per New York City Magazine:
In October, Linda and [her husband] Vince McMahon were taken legal action against in a Maryland civil court by 5 previous “ring kids” (generally gofers) who declared that they had actually been abused by a previous commentator which the McMahons had actually employed him in spite of understanding his supposed conduct. The unnamed complainants were as young as 12 when they were supposedly abused by commentator Mel Phillips, who passed away in 2012. Phillips was fired in 1988 however rehired 6 weeks later on with the terms that he stop abusing kids at work, according to Business Insider. (He was fired for great in 1990 after more supposed occurrences of abuse.) “Vince and Linda returned Phillips to the company with the caution that Mel avoid underaged kids, stop spending time kids, and stop chasing kids,” stated a witness in a 1992 disparagement match associated to the occurrence.
The McMahons and WWE have actually rejected all misdeed. Linda stepped down from her executive position at WWE in 2009 to run for Senate in Connecticut, leading to not successful quotes in 2010 and 2012.
For his part, Vince McMahon has actually been personally implicated of sexual misbehavior and cheating many times; in 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported that McMahon had actually paid more than $12 million over 16 years to keep accusations versus him peaceful. 2 years later on, a previous staffer submitted fit versus McMahon, declaring he ‘d used her a task for sex and apparently trafficked her to other males.