Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump denounced Common Core as a “disaster” and “a way of taking care of the people in Washington” who don’t “give a damn about education” at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa on Saturday. Trump said, “Common Core has to be ended. It’s a disaster. It’s a way of taking care of the people in Washington that, frankly, I don’t even think they give a damn about education, half of them. And I’m sure some of you maybe do.” Trump was then asked if he wanted to use the word ‘damn,’ He responded, “I will, I will, because people want to hear the truth, Frank.” Trump later added, “I mean, exactly what Frank said is what’s wrong with our country. We’re so politically correct that we can’t move anymore. … We have to be able to express ourselves.”
Cut Department of Education and Common Core
Q: Would you cut departments?
TRUMP: We’re going to be cutting tremendous amounts of money and waste and fraud and abuse. But, no, I’m not cutting services, but I am cutting spending. But I may cut Department of Education– Common Core is a very bad thing. I think that it should be local education. If you look at a Jeb Bush and some of these others, they want children to be educated by Washington, D.C. bureaucrats.
Source: Fox News Sunday 2015 Coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls , Oct 18, 2015
Common Core is a disaster
[As president I’d] end Common Core. Common Core is a disaster. Bush is totally in favor of Common Core. I don’t see how he can possibly get the nomination. He’s weak on immigration. He’s in favor of Common Core. How the hell can you vote for this guy? You just can’t do it. We have to end–education has to be local.
Source: 2015 announcement speeches of 2016 presidential hopefuls , Jun 16, 2015
Cut the Department of Education way, way down
Here are some of Trump’s views on education:•Department of Education: “You could cut that way, way, way down.” — South Carolina Tea Party Convention, Myrtle Beach, January 2015
- Common Core curriculum standards: “I am totally against Common Core.” — South Carolina Tea Party Convention, Myrtle Beach, January 2015. “That’s a disaster. That’s bad. It should be local and all of that.” — Iowa Freedom Summit, Des Moines, Iowa, January 2015
- Infrastructure: “Fixing a country’s infrastructure–our bridges, our schools, our airports–that, I can tell you, no one is close to Trump.” — Iowa Freedom Summit, Des Moines, Iowa, January 2015
- Local control: “Education has to be local.” — Announcement speech, New York City, June 16, 2015
Source: Forbes Magazine “2016 Candidates Want You to Know” series , Jun 16, 2015
Founded Trump University to teach the art of deal-making
Back in 2005, he started an online school called Trump University to teach the art of deal-making, but it didn’t offer degrees. The New York Department of Education complained and he changed the name to Trump Entrepreneur Initiative in 2010.
Source: Forbes Magazine “2016 Candidates Want You to Know” series , Jun 16, 2015
Opposes Common Core
Donald Trump doesn’t think the GOP is demanding enough. “Republicans have to toughen up,” Trump said in a speech at CPAC. “Toughen up on the IRS, toughen up on Benghazi, toughen up on everything.”
Trump bashed Jeb Bush on education, who Trump said was “in favor of common core.”
“I thought Romney could do it,” Trump, who backed the candidate during the last election, said. “I don’t want what happened to Mitt Romney to happen again.”
Source: CBS News on 2015 Conservative Political Action Conf. , Feb 27, 2015
