 Congress never gave Biden the authority to saddle working Americans with half a trillion dollars in other people's debt, Bailey's Post noted. The college fixed reports if reelected, former President Trump pledged to shut down the U.S. Department of Education and return full control of public schooling to the states, saying, I will shut down the Federal Department of Education. We'll move everything back to the states where it belongs and where they can individualize education and do it with the love of their children.