The report comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and historic institutions

A White House report has branded the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, particularly the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who are untrustworthy, signaling Donald Trump's potential move to appoint his own team.

This report, issued by the White House Domestic Policy Council on Independence Day, aligns with President Trump's aggressive efforts to reshape Washington's prominent cultural and historical institutions.

Earlier in March, Trump had already indicated his intent to enforce changes at the Smithsonian through an executive order, which aimed to cut funding for programs promoting "divisive narratives" and "improper ideology," as part of his ongoing critique of what he perceives as overly liberal culture.

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[–] 148 points 4 months ago (15 children)

I wonder if the country will ever recover from the damages this man has caused

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  • [–] 129 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    We still haven't recovered from Reagan

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  • [–] 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I'd say most of US politics is still trying to drive us further down the ludicrous path Reagan charted

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    What if it something else... Worse... Like what if America never really was what it was marketed to us to be.

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  • [–] 40 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Many people have died since January 2025 that would be alive if Kamala had won. There is no undoing that. I don't think we have any state sponsored necromancers.

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  • [–] 74 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Something tells me we should trust the Smithsonians leadership.

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  • [–] 38 points 4 months ago

    Yeah let’s all listen to the deeply corrupt and incompetent demented rapist

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  • [–] 35 points 4 months ago

    The current Secretary of the Smithsonian is a Black guy who was just featured on Meet the Press. I'm sure that's a coincidence.

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago

    Headline should read: "Pathological Liar, trump, says someone else is not trustworthy"

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago*

    I was watching a video about the Chumash Indians, how they were moved to and congregated around the missions of Southern California (to save their souls) where they got European diseases and died. I've visited several of those missions multiple times, those stories are not advertised. It seems the concept of hiding our truths has a deep and storied history, just like in this Smithsonian story. Meanwhile, one of the oldest works of fiction on the planet, the Holy Bible, cannot be touched by the US government by First Amendment mandate.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    He probably wants to take it over and call it "The Trump Institute".

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    ‘cannot be trusted’

    To sufficiently stroke Trump's fragile ego and compensate for his small hands, I think is what they meant.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    He's big mad about his poor State of a Fair.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Experts? Can't trust experts. Gotta trust this fat fucking rapist conman, his mail-order whorebride, and their anchor babies who stole from a child's charity.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Low IQ felon pedophile rapist and his fascist sycophants complain about museum.

    Sounds about right.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Yeah, you can only trust memes and shitposts from pig-ignorant sisterfucking fundies. Can't trust them edumacated people, no sir.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Next up, a preserved Big Mac that Trump once ordered but decided not to eat. It'll replace the constitution exhibit.

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