Trump Attacks the Smithsonian With List of Grievances — Including Showing ‘How Bad Slavery Was’

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired off a Truth Social post attacking the Smithsonian Museum for a host of things — including showing “how bad slavery was.”

Last week, the Trump administration sent a letter to the Smithsonian Institution calling for a “comprehensive internal review” of the exhibitions on display at all eight Smithsonian museums. The letter specifically cited Trump’s directive to “celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.”

In Tuesday’s Truth Social post, Trump stated that museums in the nation’s capital are the “last remaining segment of woke” and vowed to deploy the same tactics he used to get a number of universities to fall in line with his agenda. He then listed off criticisms of the Smithsonian:

The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of “WOKE.” The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future. We are not going to allow this to happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made. This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. We have the “HOTTEST” Country in the World, and we want people to talk about it, including in our Museums.

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