White House Issues 162-Page Attack on Smithsonian Museum Over U.S. History
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 5
White House Issues 162-Page Attack on Smithsonian Museum Over U.S. History
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 5
Summary
A 162-page White House Domestic Policy Council report accused the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History of abandoning scholarship for “extreme political activism” in a July 4 posting.
The report said the museum failed to celebrate U.S. heritage clearly and fairly, alleging anti-white bias and arguing it minimized and distorted the nation’s founding.
While faulting the broader Smithsonian Institution, which oversees 21 museums and the National Zoo, the document placed particular blame on the National Museum of American History.
The broadside marks the latest step in the Trump administration’s push to pressure the Smithsonian to align with what President Trump has called a more “patriotic” presentation of history.