Lindsey Halligan, the president's special assistant, told Fox News "we can’t just keep focusing on the negative."

Juliet' shakes up the Ahmanson; an Elizabeth Taylor tripleheader; plus Angélique Kidjo and Yo-Yo Ma, Beethoven and the music of John Williams are all at the Hollywood Bowl this week.

Published on the White House website as an article called "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian," the list included some shows that the President had already decried, in

It's not about whitewashing, it's all about full context, so while slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress.

Lindsey Halligan, the White House official leading a review of the Smithsonian Institution, argued you "can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you talk about hope and progress" during a Newsmax appearance on Wednesday.