Department of Education—To Be, or Not to Be

President Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear he wants to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education (ED), and some news reports suggest an executive order to achieve that is imminent. Since the ED was created by Congress, it would take formal Congressional action to eliminate it, and the administration lacks the votes. Therefore, whether the administration can completely end the bureaucratic monstrosity on Maryland Avenue is debatable, but likely Trusk (Trump + Musk) can lower its clout to that of, say, the Bureau of Indian Affairs.