Trump defends 1,300 layoffs at Education Department

President Trump is defending his administration’s slashing of the Education Department’s workforce.  The administration this week announced more than 13-hundred layoffs at the Department of Education. The president said downsizing is necessary. He claimed that the “best people” were being retained, even though he wants to close the department. Thousands more jobs are expected to be cut across the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Social Security Administration, and other agencies.