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dalton99a

(87,626 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 08:50 PM Thursday

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'

https://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-executive-order-improper-ideology-558ebfab722f603e94e02a1a4b06ed4d

Trump 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 Thursday OP
So only the white male version is allowed. yourout Thursday #1
Hmm who do I trust to know history Trump Johonny Thursday #2
Waiting for Vance to ban his wife. cbabe Thursday #3

Johonny

(23,136 posts)
2. Hmm who do I trust to know history Trump
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 08:57 PM
Thursday

The man that thinks the EU is a country or the Smithsonian? Tough one.

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