March 28, 2025 9:35 AM

Trump orders elimination of ‘anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian institutions

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that "improper, divisive or anti-American ideology" be removed from the Smithsonian Institution, the vast museum and research complex that is a premier exhibition space for U.S. history and culture. The Republican president, in an executive order, directed that Vice President JD Vance undertake the action. The order also directs the Interior Department to restore federal parks, monuments and memorials that have been “removed or changed in the last y...