Enhance Your English with U.S. Government News – Trump Participates in an Education Event and Signs an Executive Order 2025. 3. 20.

0:22 States well thank you very much 0:37 thank you very much 0:40 every and I’d like to start by saying 0:42 that our country is doing very well 0:45 things are as you can see doing quite 0:47 well please sit 0:49 down before we begin I uh just want to 0:53 announce that I signed a proclamation a 0:57 few moments ago honoring the 2 50th 1:00 anniversary of Patrick Henry’s famous 1:02 speech to the second Virginia convention 1:05 in which he declared very well-known 1:08 very famous words Give me liberty or 1:11 give me death has anyone heard the 1:13 phrase I think most of you 1:19 have and moments ago I also signed an 1:22 executive order to dramatically 1:23 increased production of critical 1:25 minerals and rare Earths it’s a big 1:27 thing in this country and as you know 1:29 we’re also signing agreements in various 1:33 locations to unlock uh rare Earths and 1:37 minerals and lots of other things all 1:39 over the world but uh in particular 1:42 Ukraine we’re doing very well with 1:44 regard to Ukraine and Russia and one of 1:47 the things we are doing is signing a 1:49 deal very shortly with h respect to rare 1:52 Earths with Ukraine which they have 1:54 tremendous value in rare earth and we 1:57 appreciate that and we spoke yester 2:00 today with as you know President Putin 2:02 and president zinski and we would love 2:05 to see that come to an end and I think 2:07 we’re doing pretty well in that regard 2:09 so hopefully we can save thousands of 2:12 people a week from dying that’s what 2:14 it’s all about they’re dying so 2:16 unnecessarily and U I believe we’ll get 2:19 it done we’ll see what happens but I 2:22 believe we’ll get it done today we take 2:25 a very historic action that was 45 years 2:28 in the making in a few moments I will 2:31 sign an executive order to begin 2:33 eliminating the federal department of 2:36 education once in for 2:38 [Applause] 2:46 all and it sounds strange doesn’t it 2:49 Department of Education we’re going to 2:51 eliminate it and everybody knows it’s 2:53 right and the Democrats know it’s right 2:56 and I hope they’re going to be voting 2:58 for it because ultimately it may come 3:00 before them but uh everybody knows it’s 3:02 right and we have to get our children 3:05 educated we’re we’re not doing well with 3:07 the with the world of Education in this 3:11 country and we haven’t for a long time 3:14 and we’re pleased to be joined today by 3:16 the woman who I chose because she’s an 3:19 extraordinary person uh and hopefully 3:22 she will be our last Secretary of 3:24 Education Linda McMahon 3:28 Linda thank you 3:30 thank you very 3:33 much that’s another interesting 3:35 statement these is a very it’s an 3:37 interesting opening right but it’s true 3:39 and we people it’s been amazing how 3:42 popular this has been I tell people that 3:44 this is what I’m doing today and they 3:46 say oh that’s it’s about time everybody 3:49 says it Republicans and Democrats have 3:51 said it they’re all saying it also with 3:54 us are some terrific people Governor’s 3:57 Greg Abbott Greg thank you very much 4:03 much Governor Ronda Sanz thank you very 4:06 much 4:09 Ron Mike Brawn congratulations on your 4:12 Victory Mike that was a big 4:15 one Mike dwine thank you very much 4:20 Mike Jeff 4:23 Landry Jeff thank you very much 4:25 Jeff Billy thank you Governors all 4:29 Governors Brad little Brad thank you 4:32 very much where are you Brad hi Brad Jim 4:36 pilin thank you very much 4:39 Jim and Kim Reynolds these are all 4:42 people very interested in education and 4:46 uh I even see Dan Patrick over there my 4:48 friend Dan Patrick We’re joined also by 4:51 Representatives Tim 4:53 Wahlberg and uh Virginia Fox Rick Allen 4:59 Mike 5:00 guli um and again Dan Patrick thank you 5:04 very much Dan you’ve been a great friend 5:06 of 5:08 ours and State Attorneys General Ken 5:11 Paxton Ken I see you 5:13 there Andrew Bailey Andrew what a job 5:16 you’ve done Andrew what you have some 5:18 good cases going you’ve done a great job 5:21 thank you very much and co-founder of 5:23 moms for Liberty Tiffany Justice she’s 5:26 been a hard 5:28 worker thank you you thank you very 5:30 thank you 5:31 Tiffany when President Carter created 5:34 the federal education department in 5:37 1979 it was opposed by members of his 5:40 own cabinet as well as the American 5:42 Federation of teachers the New York 5:45 Times editorial board and the famed 5:47 Democrat Senator Daniel Patrick 5:50 moan history has proven them right 5:53 absolutely right after 45 years the 5:56 United States spends more money on 5:58 education by far than any any other 6:00 country and spends likewise by far more 6:05 money per pupil than any country and 6:07 it’s not even close but yet we rank near 6:09 the bottom of the list in terms of 6:12 success uh it’s an amazing stat that’s 6:15 uh those are two stats you don’t want 6:17 the most money spent per pupil and 6:19 you’re at the bottom of the list and 6:20 that’s where we are like it or not and 6:22 we’ve been there for a long time 70% of 6:25 eighth graders are not proficient in 6:28 either reading or in math 70% 40% of 6:33 fourth graders lack even basic reading 6:35 skills can’t read students in our Public 6:38 elementary and middle schools score 6:40 worse in reading today than when uh the 6:43 department opened by a lot in Baltimore 6:47 40% of the high schools have zero 6:50 students who can do basic 6:52 mathematics not even the very simplest 6:55 of mathematics I said give me your 6:57 definition of basic and they’re talking 6:59 about like adding a few numbers together 7:02 despite these breathtaking failures the 7:04 Department’s discretionary budget is 7:07 exploded by 600% in a very short period 7:11 of time and employs bureaucrats in 7:13 buildings all over Washington DC and as 7:17 a former real estate person I will tell 7:19 you I ride through the streets of 7:20 Washington and it says Department of 7:22 Education Department of 7:24 Education I said how do you fill those 7:26 buildings it’s crazy what’s happened 7:29 over the years I’m pleased to report 7:31 that after offering these federal 7:34 employees two generous buyout options 7:36 and they were very generous and they’re 7:39 good people but they were very generous 7:42 my Administration has initiated a 7:44 reduction in force and we’re already uh 7:47 cutting numbers that were really 7:49 surprising to a lot that we were able to 7:51 do it so successfully and we’ve cut the 7:54 number of bureaucrats in half 50% have 7:58 taken office is 8:03 great thank you under the action I’m 8:06 taking today a small handful of 8:09 Democrats and uh others that we have 8:12 employed for a long time and there are 8:14 some Republicans but not too many I have 8:16 to be honest with you but the 8:18 Department’s useful functions and uh 8:21 such as and they’re in charge of them 8:23 pel grants Title One funding resources 8:26 for children with disabilities and 8:28 special needs will be 8:30 preserved fully preserved they’re all 8:33 going to be so if you look at the pel 8:34 grant supposed to be a very good program 8:37 Title One funding and resources for 8:40 children with special disabilities and 8:42 special needs they’re going to be 8:44 preserved in full and redistribute it to 8:48 various other agencies and departments 8:51 that will take very good care of them 8:52 and that’s very important to Linda I 8:54 know and it’s very important to all of 8:56 us but beyond these core Necessities my 8:59 Administration will take all lawful 9:01 steps to shut down the department we’re 9:04 going to shut it down and shut it down 9:06 as quickly as possible it’s doing us no 9:08 good we want to return our students to 9:10 the states where just some of the 9:13 governors here are so happy about this 9:15 they want education to come back to them 9:17 to come back to the States and they’re 9:19 going to do a phenomenal job you know if 9:21 you um look Denmark Norway Sweden I have 9:26 to tell you I give them a lot of credit 9:27 China’s the top 10 and so we can’t now 9:31 say that bigness is making it impossible 9:34 to educate because China is very big but 9:37 you have uh countries that do a very 9:39 good job in education and I really 9:41 believe like some of the governors here 9:43 today from states that run very very 9:45 well including a big state like Texas 9:48 but states that run very well are going 9:50 to have uh education that uh will be as 9:53 good as Norway Denmark Sweden and those 9:56 top Finland those top countries that do 9:59 so well with education I think they’ll 10:01 have they’ll do every bit as well and 10:04 what do you think about that governor do 10:05 you agree huh I think so Ron do you 10:07 agree I think so 10:09 Florida 10:11 Iowa that’s right I I really believe 10:14 that they’ll be as good as any of them 10:16 and then you’ll have some laggards and 10:19 we’ll work with them and we can all tell 10:21 you who the laggards will be right now 10:23 probably but let’s not get into that but 10:26 we’ll work with them and we’re going to 10:27 make them uh they’ll do a job I think 10:30 they’ll do a job and they’ll go to 10:32 sections of the state for instance New 10:34 York you’ll have a Manhattan and you’ll 10:36 have a uh suffk County and you’ll have 10:39 Nassau County and you have Westchester 10:41 County you’ll do four or five or six of 10:43 them you have Upstate New York and those 10:45 counties I think are going to do very 10:47 well and I think ultimately Manhattan 10:48 should do very well but we’ll break it 10:50 down into sections and I think it’ll be 10:53 really really good and uh they’re going 10:55 to be probably the tougher ones but I 10:57 think they have a chance to do really 10:59 well but we’re going to be returning 11:02 education very simply back to the states 11:06 where it belongs and this is a very 11:09 popular thing to do but much more 11:10 importantly it’s a common sense thing to 11:12 do and it’s going to work absolutely 11:15 it’s going to work and I can tell you 11:17 from dealing with the governors and 11:18 others in the state they want it so 11:21 badly they want to take their children 11:23 back and really teach their children uh 11:26 individually uh probably the course will 11:29 be half and the education will be maybe 11:33 many many times better so we look 11:36 forward to this uh I want to just make 11:39 one little personal statement teachers 11:40 to me are among the most important 11:43 people in this country and we’re going 11:45 to take care of our teachers and I don’t 11:47 care if they’re in the union or not in 11:49 the union that doesn’t 11:50 matter but we’re going to take care of 11:52 our teachers and I believe I believe the 11:56 states will take actually better care of 11:58 them than their than they are taken care 12:01 of right now they’ll work all sorts of 12:03 systems and even Merit systems those 12:05 great teachers are going to be maybe a 12:07 little bit better rewarded and maybe 12:09 that’s the way it should be but the 12:10 states are going to make that decision 12:12 but we’re going to love and cherish our 12:14 teachers along with our children and 12:16 they’re going to work with the parents 12:17 and they’re going to work with everybody 12:19 else and it’s going to be an amazing 12:21 thing to watch and it’s really going to 12:22 be something special and Linda you’re 12:24 presiding over something that’s so 12:26 important and uh you’re going to do a 12:28 Fant fantastic job just like you have 12:30 your whole life I know your whole life 12:32 I’ve been watching you I’ve been 12:34 watching you for a long time she’s had 12:35 nothing but success so it’s uh 12:38 tremendous to have you and hopefully you 12:41 won’t be there too long but we’re going 12:42 to find something else for you Linda 12:44 okay so uh this will conclude what we 12:48 are uh talking about with respect to our 12:51 most uh cherished group of people and 12:54 that’s our children we want to have our 12:56 children well educated we want them to 12:59 love going to school we have examples of 13:01 it look at those beautiful brigh eyed 13:04 faces those they are so smart they’re so 13:09 smart 13:10 and with that I’m going to come down and 13:13 we’re going to sign a very important 13:15 document and we’re going to be on our 13:16 way people have wanted to do this for 13:18 many many years for many many decades 13:21 and I don’t know no president ever got 13:23 around to doing it but I’m getting 13:24 around to doing it so thank you very 13:27 much 13:28 [Applause] 13:43 [Applause] 13:48 should I do 13:51 this I do it 14:03 I’ll take this one out I had one I was 14:05 very lucky I signed another document 14:08 that turned out to be very good for the 14:09 country and I said let’s use that same 14:11 pen I don’t know is anybody 14:12 superstitious Ron are you 14:15 superstitious let’s use that same pen 14:33 [Applause] 14:53 okay come 14:55 up can you come up just to say come on 14:58 up 15:03 very important big factor here luck good 15:07 [Applause] 15:26 luck thank you everybody very much good 15:29 luck

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