Trump orders elimination of anti-American ideology fromSmithsonianinstitutions

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 US 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 years to perpetuate a false revision of history.”The order, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” is vague about what the president views as anti-American ideology.But it suggests Trump is seeking to purge elements of what conservatives view as a revisionist history of the United States that places systemic racism at the heart of its narrative.The order singles out the National Museum of African American History and Culture as problematic, claiming that it informs visitors that “hard work,” “individualism” and “the nuclear family” are aspects of “White culture.”The order also asserts the American Women’s History Museum plans to celebrate male athletes participating in women’s sports.The White House did not elaborate on the order, and neither the Smithsonian nor the African-American History museum responded to requests for comment.The Smithsonian spans 21 museums, most of them in the nation’s capital lining the mall from the U.S.

Capitol to the Washington Monument, and including the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of American History and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.The Smithsonian, whose website says it is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, also encompasses 14 education and research centers, and the National Zoo.The order is in line with the Trump administration’s efforts to do away with diversity and inclusion programs in government, universities and corporations...