Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology’

Discussion in 'Politics' started by ipatent, Mar 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM.

  1. ipatent

    ipatent

    Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology’

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targets funding for programs that advance “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology,” the latest step in a broadside against culture he deems too liberal.

    Trump claimed there has been a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to rewrite American history by replacing “objective facts” with a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth,” adding that it casts the “founding principles” of the United States in a “negative light.”

    The order he signed behind closed doors puts Vice President JD Vance, who serves on the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents, in charge of overseeing efforts to “remove improper ideology” from all areas of the institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.
     
  2. notagain

    notagain

    A mislead public becomes lost, confused and that confusion is corruption's shield.
     
  3. Executive order,thus temporary.
     
  4. ipatent

    ipatent

    Four years is a long time, and who knows what happens after that.
     
  5. With a 100% accuracy history gives us a good idea.And 4 years isn't that long.
     
  6. ipatent

    ipatent

    The Smithsonian went woke a long time ago, Trump is leaving no stone unturned. Soon their museums will be safe for children's field trips again.
     
  7. Temporarily.A Democrat President certainly wont allow these policies to stay in place.
     
  8. I assume white, christian, conservative ideology will get a pass while all others will be cleaned out.... MAWA!