Trump orders elimination of 'anti-American ideology' from Smithsonian institutions

Steve Holland - Reuters - 28/03
The order is vague but suggests Trump is seeking to purge elements of what conservatives view as a revisionist history of the US that places systemic racism at the heart of its narrative.
  • Order suggests aiming at what conservatives see as revisionist history
  • Order singles out National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Order says Biden administration "pushed a divisive ideology"
March 27 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that "improper, divisive or anti-American ideology" be removed from the Smithsonian Institution, the vast museum and research complex that is a premier exhibition space for U.S. history and culture.
The Republican president, in an executive order, directed that Vice President JD Vance undertake the action.

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The order also directs the Interior Department to restore federal parks, monuments and memorials that have been “removed or changed in the last years to perpetuate a false revision of history.”
The order, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” is vague about what the president views as anti-American ideology. But it suggests Trump is seeking to purge elements of what conservatives view as a revisionist history of the United States that places systemic racism at the heart of its narrative.
The order singles out the National Museum of African American History and Culture as problematic, claiming t...
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