22 Smithsonian exhibits and initiatives Trump hates most
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When Ronnie Underwood heard President Donald Trump’s claim this week that the Smithsonian Institution is “out of control” and focuses on “how horrible our country is,” he grew angry, he said. The way Underwood,
The examples cited included a 2020 "Whiteness" Infographic, Latinos With Disabilities Program & Anthony Fauci Portrait
Since President Donald Trump has returned to office, he has launched an ambitious assault on libraries, museums and other repositories of America’s history. Most recently, his administration has set its sights on the Smithsonian, one of the crown jewels of this country’s cultural institutions.
Both the American history and air and space museums honor American innovation and achievement. The air and space museum’s most famous exhibits include the Wright Brothers’ airplane, the "Spirit of St. Louis," which Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic, and relics from the many U.S. missions to the moon.
President Trump's adviser leading a review of Smithsonian museums' content defended the move as shifting the focus to progress, rather than dwelling on past mistakes, and argued that the museums should be geared toward pride in America's growth.
Lindsey Halligan, Special Assistant to the President, on Thursday said the Smithsonian museums over-emphasize slavery when they should focus on far the country has come. The Morning Joe panel discusses the Trump WH's continued review of the Smithsonian.
President Donald Trump has called for a review of Smithsonian museums, saying they focus too much on "how bad Slavery was".
CBS News host Tony Dokoupil said Wednesday that he agrees with President Donald Trump’s push to get the Smithsonian Institution to review how it has presented American history.