Melania Trump's robot stunt was unsettling, but here reason is worse: to promote replacing human teachers with robots.

This is no one-off. It's the newest front in the GOP war on education.

Conservatives hate kids learning to think for themselves.

https://www.salon.com/2026/03/30/why-maga-fears-human-teachers/

Why MAGA fears human teachers

Melania Trump’s robot stunt opens a new front in the GOP's war on education

Salon.com
@AmandaMarcotte I'm waiting for the first AI and robot first charter schools.
@AmandaMarcotte How long before the kids start hacking the teacherbots?
@AmandaMarcotte Party controlled curriculum. Warned my outgoing governor about that prospect, an educator no less, as he was greasing the wheels for AI partnerships in the state.