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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hillel Italie and Aaron Morrison

Why President Donald Trump now has a problem with the Smithsonian

A photograph of former US President Donald Trump hangs on the wall at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2021 - (AFP via Getty Images)

President Trump has launched an attack on what he calls "divisive, race-centred ideology" within American cultural institutions, starting with the Smithsonian.

His executive order, "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," aims to redirect funding away from exhibits and programs deemed to contradict "shared American values." Critics argue this is a thinly veiled attempt to whitewash history.

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