Trump confirms White House review of Smithsonian US history
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President Trump confirmed the White House is doing a review Smithsonian museums, where he complained "everything discussed is how horrible our Country is."
President Donald Trump threatened to unleash his attorneys on the Smithsonian, saying the institution was fixated on “how bad slavery was.”
The White House's 26-point bulleted memo includes Amy Sherald's painting of a transgender woman and an animation of Anthony Fauci.
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.
The examples cited included a 2020 "Whiteness" Infographic, Latinos With Disabilities Program & Anthony Fauci Portrait
Our Smithsonian should exhibit history in an accurate, honest, and factual way.” The article follows a series of mounting attacks on the Smithsonian from the president. “The Museums throughout Washington,
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.
Rep. Alma Adams says Trump 'misunderstands museums’ role, stressing slavery’s history cannot be whitewashed' after his criticism of the Smithsonian.