US EditionTrump to Probe Smithsonian Museums for 'Woke' Ideology
President Trump directed a legal review of Smithsonian exhibits, alleging they promote divisive narratives on race and identity, with the institution receiving $1 billion in annual federal funding.
- Donald Trump criticized museums, particularly the Smithsonian Institution, stating they promote a 'woke' agenda and focus too heavily on slavery's horrors.
- The White House has ordered a review to align museum exhibits with Trump's directive to celebrate American values.
- The review will focus on several Smithsonian museums for alleged liberal bias.
- Critics warn that Trump's actions aim to 'whitewash' history, undermining the exhibition of true historical events.
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The Daily SignalTrump’s Smithsonian Review Is Long Overdue
The White House last week informed Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, that it’s putting the museums under review—in other words, adult supervision. The news came in a letter that amounted to a major front in the Trump administration’s war to retake the culture. As I wrote in an X post quoted by the New York Times, “Given the Smithsonian’s behavior in the past few years—how it cataloged everything woke, how it gave the co…
He considers her portrayal of history to be too "woke" and "anti-American": US President Trump has the National Museums of the Smithsonian Institution reviewed. Historians are in great concern. By Samuel Jackisch.
White House lists 20 objectionable Smithsonian exhibits, artworks
(The Hill) -- The White House on Thursday unveiled a list of 20 Smithsonian exhibits the Trump administration alleges are being used to frame historical events through "ideological" narratives instead of factual evidence. Items categorized as unacceptable include an exhibit at the National Museum of the American Latino that portrays the U.S. as stolen land and characterizes U.S. history as rooted in “colonization.” The administration also slamme…
Trump tries to Make Art Great Again
Our motto at GZERO is, “Everything is political.” Sports? You bet. See our piece earlier this year on Barcelona creating football academies in the Kurdish part of Iraq and Syria.Food? Sure. Check out our 2022 report on the battle over where borscht was invented and learn just how heated that pot of soup can get.Art? Duh. The author Toni Morrison said, “All good art is political.” Case in point, our coverage of a Broadway play about a measles out…
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