Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'
Source: AP
Updated 9:05 PM EDT, March 27, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targets funding for programs that advance “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.” Trump claimed 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,” adding that it casts the “founding principles” of the United States in a “negative light.”
The order he signed puts Vice President JD Vance, who serves on the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents, in charge of overseeing efforts to “remove improper ideology” from all areas of the institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.
It is the Republican president’s latest salvo against pillars of society, such as universities and art that he has deemed to be too liberal. Trump recently had himself installed as chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with the aim of overhauling programming. The administration also forced Columbia University to make a slew of changes by threatening the Ivy League school with the loss of several hundred million dollars in federal funding.
The order hints at the return of statues of Confederate figures, many of which were taken down or replaced after the police killing of George Floyd and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, which is detested by Trump and other conservatives.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-executive-order-improper-ideology-558ebfab722f603e94e02a1a4b06ed4d
Thar she blows.
i posted the below a week ago in another thread - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3421889
National Museum of African Art
National Museum of the American Indian
And U.S. affiliates -
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Or even any of the National Park Service designees like -
The King Center and adjacent Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
This will probably have a bulldozer taken to it too (Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial) -
(at least I got to see it before they get their plans together to remove it as "DEI"
)Article updated.
Previous article -
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. Representatives for the Smithsonian did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.
Original article -
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.
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First there was the Kennedy Center, now the Smithsonian?? With all the lawsuits and the failures his administration is facing, he's targeting museums, colleges and universities and research and art centers, not to mention zoos?! What possible business are any of these institutions of the federal government?? Something tells me he has way too much time on his hands with Musk as his co-president wreaking havoc in the federal government. 