Former WWE boss gets surprise role in Trump's future education plans

Donald Trump picked former wrestling company leader for a key role in his planned cabinet - Linda McMahon will head the Education Department (even though he talked about closing it down)

McMahon worked as chair at the America First Policy Institute since about four years ago; shes been pushing for parents having more say in schools. Her work helped bring school-choice programs to a dozen states letting kids get good education no matter where they live or how much money their family has

The ex-WWE co-founder isnt new to government work - she ran the Small Business Admin in Trumps first term before leaving that job 5 years ago. Back when Trump first ran for president around 8-9 years ago‚ she was one of his early backers: giving money and support to his campaign

Recently McMahon helped pick people for Trumps next admin team and was looking at running the Commerce Department. That job went to Howard Lutnick instead but she got this education role which might be tricky - Trump wants to shut down the department but heʼd need Congress to agree

Its worth noting that McMahon has been busy since leaving government: she led a pro-Trump spending group and runs a think-tank that supports his ideas. Now shell be getting ready for the big election coming up in a few weeks