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If American wrestling fans were used to seeing her face in WWE before 2010, it was in politics that Linda McMahon made a place for herself thanks to the advent of Donald Trump.
UNITED STATES – Donald Trump’s team at the White House is still growing, and in what way. The latest name pulled out of the hat of the future American president to join his administration could be surprising, yet it is a “ amie » from Donald Trump’s long dates.
Linda McMahon. A name that may not mean anything to you on this side of the Atlantic. However, this 76-year-old businesswoman appointed by the Republican billionaire this Tuesday, November 20 to occupy the post of Minister of Education is far from being unknown in the American landscape.
Madame WWE
Indeed, Linda McMahon is none other than the wife of Vince McMahon, (now) fallen heir to the WWE empire, the largest American wrestling federation. Alongside her husband, she also held the position of boss of the WWE in 1993 before becoming general director in 1997. She ended up leaving this environment from 2009… in order to get involved in politics.
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“As Minister of Education, Linda will fight tirelessly” to offer more freedom of education to each American state and “empowering parents to make the best education decisions for their family”launched Donald Trump in a press release announcing this appointment.
“We will BRING EDUCATION BACK TO THE STATES and Linda will spearhead this effort”also promised the Republican.
As pointed out by New York Times after this surprising new appointment, Linda McMahon still has little experience in the field of education since she was appointed in 2009 to the Connecticut State Board of Education. A position that she held for a little over a year.
Close guard
A loyal member of her inner circle, Linda McMahon has a past closely linked to that of Donald Trump in the political world. A major donor to the Republican Party, she provided financial support to the candidacy of Donald Trump in 2016. Firstly for the primary. Then in the race for the White House against Hillary Clinton.
The former boss of WWE finally inherited a position in the Trump administration between 2019 and 2019 by becoming minister in charge of small businesses. Before becoming a member of the power transition team for the second term of the 47th American president. She was also its co-leader with billionaire Howard Lutnick, appointed 24 hours earlier to the post of Commerce Secretary.
But then why appoint a former wrestling boss to Education? To understand this, it is better to focus on Donald Trump’s electoral campaign, where the candidate made Education one of his punching bags to illustrate America’s divisions between progressive and conservative thought.
A federal institution that the president-elect had therefore promised to completely dismantle, in particular to put an end to the decisions of American states led by Democrats, accused by Donald Trump and his supporters of imposing issues related to women’s rights on schools , minorities or the LGBT+ community. So who better than a wrestling specialist to knock out American Education? Donald Trump does not seem to have hesitated for long.
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