Trump complains that 'woke' Smithsonian focuses on 'how bad slavery was' [View all]
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Source: MSNBC
Donald Trump’s first salvo against the Smithsonian Institution came in March, when the president signed an odd executive order directing officials to eliminate “improper, divisive, or anti-American” ideology from its museums. A few months later, he fired the director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, despite questions about whether he had the legal authority to do so.
Last week, the White House let the Smithsonian know that it has plans to conduct a far-reaching review of its museums to ensure the content it presents to the public aligns with Trump’s views on American history. It’s against this backdrop that NBC News reported:
I wrote a book last year about Republican efforts to rewrite recent history, and Trump's tirade suggests the broader campaign is poised to become even more aggressive.
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