Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Thursday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about President Trump's executive order calling for the closure of the Department of Education.
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00:00So for critics, what has been the ROI on $3 trillion going to a failing education system?
00:12It's a great question.
00:13Nothing.
00:14And that's exactly why the president is signing the order later today.
00:16Yeah, but with the executive order today, is it also the goal to eventually be spending
00:20less in federal dollars on education?
00:22Of course.
00:23It's our goal to reduce the size and scale of this government across every agency, which
00:27is why you've seen very strong and quick actions taken to reduce the amount of money
00:32that federal taxpayers are paying on a system that is failing them and their families.
00:36But does that mean eventually downsizing some of the programs that are run out of the education
00:40department currently?
00:41It means stopping the wasteful spending.
00:43And as I said, critical programs will be protected.