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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'
https://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-executive-order-improper-ideology-558ebfab722f603e94e02a1a4b06ed4dTrump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with ‘improper ideology’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Updated 6:48 PM CDT, March 27, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order Thursday that targets funding to programs with “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
Trump said there has been a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to rewrite American history by replacing “objective facts” with a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.”
He 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.
Trump’s order specifically names the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Women’s History Museum, which is in development.
“Museums in our Nation’s capital should be places where individuals go to learn — not to be subjected to ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives that distort our shared history,” the order said.
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Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' (Original Post)
dalton99a
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yourout
(8,329 posts)1. So only the white male version is allowed.
Johonny
(23,136 posts)2. Hmm who do I trust to know history Trump
The man that thinks the EU is a country or the Smithsonian? Tough one.
cbabe
(4,804 posts)3. Waiting for Vance to ban his wife.