Donald Trump, Smithsonian Institution
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President Trump issued an executive order this week criticizing the Smithsonian Institution for peddling what he described as a “divisive, race-centered ideology,” and calling to restore it to “its r...
From The New York Times
On Thursday, the president signed an executive order instructing vice president J.D. Vance to work with Congress to rid the Smithsonian Museum—and, for some reason, the National Zoo—of “improper ideo...
From Vanity Fair
The order directs the vice-president to "eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from the institute's museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washington.
From BBC
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designed to “eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest
The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on March 27 that calls to remove 'improper ideology' from exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution. In particular, the order focuses on racial histor
He has signed an executive order putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of an effort to “remove improper ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo.
In 2016, former President Barack Obama opened the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.
An executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution is prompting questions over the organization’s past and who runs and funds it.
Trump signed an executive order late Thursday titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” It calls for prohibiting federal spending on “exhibits or programs that degrade shared American values, divide Americans based on race, or promote programs or ideologies inconsistent with Federal law and policy.”
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