Linda McMahon: “If everything works the way we want it to, you will be the…”

“And when he called and asked me to take on this job, he said, look, he said, you're going to be successful when you fire yourself. Yes. And I said, okay. And he said, you know, If everything works the way we want it to, you will be the last Secretary of Education. And I said, you know what? It's a challenge, but I think it's the right thing to do.” (01:18–01:23)

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