Education Secretary Linda McMahon was speaking last week at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit, an annual gathering of education and learning leaders when she mistakenly referred to AI (artificial intelligence) as A.1. (the steak sauce brand) more than a few times.
The Secretary of Education—in the process of eliminating the Department of Education—might be the only person in America who doesn’t know the difference between artificial intelligence and a hickory-smoked marinade for your next rib eye.
Combine this with a Secretary of Health and Human Services who openly questions the efficacy of vaccination as the largest measle outbreak in decades continues to spread throughout the southwest, killing children, and we find ourselves in a true kakistocracy:
A government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.
Of course, stupidity starts at the top with Donald Trump, who:
- Claimed that windmills cause cancer
- Suggested that bleach might be injected into the body to cure COVID-19
- Thought that Belgium is a city
- Couldn’t explain the nuclear triad
- Claimed that U.S. forces “took over the airports” during the Revolutionary War
That is a tiny sampling of his ignorance over the years.
On a positive note, the steak sauce company, A.1., took advantage of McMahon’s shocking ignorance to have a little fun, posting on social media:
“Every school should have access to A.1.”
Well played, A.1. Never let a moment of publicity go by untapped.
