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Trump Taps Wrestling Mogul Linda McMahon for Education Secretary, Billionaire Howard Lutnick for Commerce

HeadlineNov 20, 2024

Trump has also nominated Linda McMahon to head the Department of Education, which Trump has pledged to shut down. McMahon is the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. She headed the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term. She gave at least $15 million to a pro-Trump PAC during this election. She and her husband Vince McMahon were recently sued for failing to stop a WWE ringside announcer from sexually assaulting young boys. Linda McMahon is the co-chair of Trump’s transition team with another billionaire, Howard Lutnick, the chief executive of the Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald. On Tuesday, Trump picked Lutnick to serve as commerce secretary.

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