Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued a bizarre video game-related statement on social media Tuesday that left onlookers confused by both its relevance and its blatant inaccuracies.
“In 2005, everything changed!” reads a social media post shared by McMahon's personal X account. “The ‘PlayStation Portable’ (PSP) was released and it did more than make gaming portable… it made entertainment personal, mobile, and always within reach. It was the beginning of life on the go.”
As noted by countless critics, McMahon’s statement was wildly inaccurate. The PSP was released that year, but handheld gaming devices have existed since the mid-1970s. However, the 1989 release of the Nintendo Game Boy is largely credited with popularizing handheld gaming, having sold far more units than the PSP.
“I have so many questions,” wrote one baffled critic, content creator “Mr. Sujano,” who runs a popular video game YouTube channel with more than 229,000 subscribers, in a social media post on X.
McMahon also shared an image along with her statement – not of a PSP, but of a PlayStation home video game console, another apparent mishap that countless critics pointed out.
“Why is the secretary of Education posting weird (completely wrong) video game nostalgia slop?” asked another X user, “Wilson Valdez,” a fierce critic of the Trump administration who’s amassed more than 27,000 followers. “What is even happening anymore?”
The Intercept journalist Sam Biddle also expressed his confusion, labeling McMahon’s confusing post as “one of the more baffling messages to come out of the administration to date.”
One of the more baffling messages to come out of the administration to date https://t.co/SliMsPeSJa
— Sam Biddle (@samfbiddle) March 25, 2026