We Now Know What Trump’s ‘Wall’ Is For 2024

Former President Donald Trump tested out his new education policy plan in the first two events of his 2024 presidential campaign on Saturday, receiving applause and fervor from the audience much like that of his 2016 campaign pledge of building the wall.

Trump’s speeches in New Hampshire and South Carolina included other policies, such as securing the border and reforming the military, but the loudest applause in New Hampshire rang for Trump’s focus on giving parents greater power over education, according to Politico’s Meridith McGraw.

The loudest applause lines during Trump’s speech in NH so far were for fighting culture war issues, esp. his plan to “eliminate federal funding for any school that pushes Critical Race Theory or left-wing gender ideology” and “direct election of school principals by the parents”

— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) January 28, 2023

The audience’s response to Trump’s education policies — which appear to be inspired by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin — may lead the former president to hone in on the culture war hot spot going forward. Trump’s 2016 campaign focus on “building the wall” at the southern border was solidified after large audience responses at his rallies.