President-elect Trump is expected to select Linda McMahon as Secretary of the Department of Education in his new Cabinet.

Two sources familiar with the situation confirmed the choice to Fox News on Tuesday evening.

McMahon, who served as administrator of the Small Business Administration during the first Trump administration, is Vince McMahon’s wife. The couple co-founded World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 1980.

McMahon served in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2019. When she stepped down, she wrote that the role had been “hugely rewarding.”

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Trump is expected to choose Linda McMahon to head the Department of Education. (Reuters)

“While it has truly been the honor of my life to serve our country in this administration, it is time for me to step down and return to the private sector,” McMahon wrote in 2019. “I want to thank the President and so will I. remain a strong advocate for him and his policies.”

Trump has previously floated the idea of ​​abolishing the Department of Education, which started in 1980. The agency’s website states that its mission is to “advance student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by promoting excellence in education and ensuring equal access for students of all ages. .”

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President Trump shakes hands with Linda McMahon, the outgoing administrator of the Small Business Administration, in Palm Beach, Florida, March 29, 2019. (Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos told Fox News host Martha MacCallum last week that the department “doesn’t really add any value anywhere.”

DeVos advised that the opportunity for Trump to radically change the department is “wide open.”

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Linda McMahon, former Small Business Administration administrator, speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 18. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

“Take the power away from the Department of Education, give those funds in blocks, continue to invest in education, but take it to a much more local level where better decisions are made on behalf of students,” DeVos said. “The bureaucrats at the Ministry of Education are not doing their job. They have not been doing their job to close the achievement gap for over 40 years – they have only gotten wider.”

Joshua Comins of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.