Trump takes aim at Smithsonian
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Some museums are changing or canceling exhibits, especially those that involve artworks that engage with gender, sexuality and race.
Experts at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute care for endangered species on 32,000 sprawling acres in Northern Virginia.
CBS host Tony Dokoupil agreed with Trump's criticism of Smithsonian museums focusing too much on America's negative history rather than celebrating achievements.
President Trump has set his sights on reforming the Smithsonian Institution's "woke" umbrella of museums in Washington, D.C., including exhibits on racism, gender, and sexuality.
The examples cited included a 2020 "Whiteness" Infographic, Latinos With Disabilities Program & Anthony Fauci Portrait
Both the American history and air and space museums honor American innovation and achievement. The air and space museum’s most famous exhibits include the Wright Brothers’ airplane, the "Spirit of St. Louis," which Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic, and relics from the many U.S. missions to the moon.
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PinkNews on MSNDonald Trump won’t stop downplaying the horrors of slavery. What is he trying to distract from?
Donald Trump has, yet again, complained that historians call the US slave trade “horrible” while threatening to sue institutions that don’t comment on the”success” he says it brought. The 79-year-old US president branded US museums,
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‘Mr. President, move on’: Republican strategist’s message to Trump on slavery exhibits in museums
CNN political commentator Shermichael Singleton reacts to President Donald Trump’s claims museums were too focused on highlighting negative aspects of American history, including “how bad slavery was.