Former President Donald Trump laid out a nine-step plan for a possible second term that included eliminating the Department of Education and modifying the 25th Amendment during a campaign rally stop in the battleground state of Wisconsin.
Mr. Trump announced his plan, which he said would “break the grip” of the Biden administration, during a Saturday rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin. The former president currently trails Vice President Kamala Harris in the battleground state that President Biden narrowly won four years ago.
His frustration with Ms. Harris’ jump to the top of the ticket after Mr. Biden’s dismal debate performance in June has become a mainstay of his rally speeches. Mr. Trump and Republicans have accused the Biden administration and Ms. Harris of covering up the president’s condition since he dropped out of the race, an attack that he wove into his nine-step plan.
“I will support modifying the 25th Amendment to make clear that if a vice president lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president of the United States, if you do that with a cover-up of the president of the United States, its grounds for impeachment immediately and removal from office, because that’s what they did,” Mr. Trump said.
In another jab at Mr. Biden, the former president said he would pass reforms to prevent foreign influence peddling, bribery and corruption, which has been a key charge of the House GOP’s impeachment inquiry against the president.
He also renewed his promise to dismantle the Department of Education, an agency that has been a target for Republicans since the Reagan administration, vowing to his supporters that he would “stop abuse of your taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s youth with all sorts of things that you don’t want to have.”
Mr. Trump also promised to cut 10 regulations for every one new regulation, and based on a suggestion from tech billionaire Elon Musk, would establish a “Government Efficiency Commission” to perform an audit on the federal government.
Mr. Trump also planned to end the weaponization of government, protect free speech and “expel warmongers” from the country.