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President Trump signed an government order Thursday searching for to restore reality to American historical past by way of an overhaul of the Smithsonian. 

The order, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” slams the Biden administration for ushering in an period of “corrosive ideology” in recent times and seeks to unfurl “divisive, race-centered” themes plaguing the establishment.

“Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology,” the order reads. “This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”

The directive places Vice President JD Vance in charge of overseeing efforts to “remove improper ideology” from all areas of the establishment. Vance serves on the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents.

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President Trump has signed an government order aimed toward restoring correct representations of American historical past in instructional establishments. https://t.co/BQy31t6E8Z

— Executive Order & Presidential Action News (@47_Tracker) March 27, 2025

The President notes that establishments like these – together with the establishment’s museums and analysis facilities – ought to deal with American achievements.

It is the coverage of my Administration to restore Federal websites devoted to historical past, together with parks and museums, to solemn and uplifting public monuments that remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage, constant progress towards changing into a more excellent Union, and unmatched report of advancing liberty, prosperity, and human flourishing.  Museums in our Nation’s capital must be locations the place people go to study — not to be subjected to ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives that distort our shared historical past.

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If you are on the lookout for the purple meat situation that is nearly sure to make liberals pull their hair out, it might be the part of this new government order that directs Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to review and “restore” any “public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties” which will have been improperly eliminated prior to now five-plus years.

A White House truth sheet states that their removing or any subsequent adjustments made to alter them had been designed “to perpetuate a false revision of history or improperly minimize or disparage certain historical figures or events.”

As for the pulling of the hair reference, enter Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX).

“First, Trump removes any reference of diversity from the present — now he’s trying to remove it from our history,” she wrote on X. “Let me be PERFECTLY clear— you cannot erase our past, and you cannot stop us from fulfilling our future.”

First Trump removes any reference of variety from the current — now he’s making an attempt to take away it from our historical past.

Let me be PERFECTLY clear— you can not erase our previous and you can not stop us from fulfilling our future. https://t.co/SaYMACVC2V

— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@RepJasmine) March 28, 2025

“You cannot erase our past,” says the celebration that tore down statues and wished George Washington and Thomas Jefferson memorials eliminated.

Trump’s newest order on the Smithsonian, very similar to his Kennedy Center overhaul, is an attempt to wrest control of these establishments away from far-left ideologues which have turned them into political statements slightly than locations of cultural development and schooling.

The Smithsonian has engaged in such lunacy for fairly some time. 

Back in 2016, the establishment excluded Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from its National Museum of African American History and Culture. He was solely talked about tangentially as half of an exhibit on Anita Hill, who accused him of sexual harassment within the early Nineties. It was a story that had a number of holes and little foundation in truth.

Thomas would later be added to an exhibit titled “The Supreme Court,” which featured each him and Justice Thurgood Marshall.

The Smithsonian Institution’s American Women’s History Museum options transgender ladies on its official web site. They point out Sylvia Rivera, a organic male activist born Ray Rivera, and co-founder of the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries.

The Smithsonian Museum additionally has a assortment of artifacts it curated from the protest on the Capitol in January 2021. It consists of a blue swimsuit worn by Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ), a consultant on the time, as a result of he was photographed selecting up litter left behind after the protest.

Kim was super-super proud of his accomplishment.

6 months in the past in the present day I wore this blue swimsuit as I cleaned the Capitol after the riot, now I simply donated it to the Smithsonian. Jan6 must not ever be forgotten. While some strive to erase historical past, I’ll combat to inform the story so it by no means occurs again. Here is one story…(THREAD) pic.twitter.com/GKePd1ZMrr

— Andy Kim (@AndyKimNJ) July 6, 2021

“President Trump aims to ensure that the Smithsonian is an institution that sparks children’s imagination, celebrates American history and ingenuity, serves as a symbol to the world of American greatness, and makes America proud,” the White House truth sheet provides.

The order directs all adjustments to the Smithsonian establishments to be accomplished by July 4th, 2026, the 250^th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

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