Smithsonian, White House and Trump
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CNN's Laura Coates took issue Tuesday night with President Donald Trump's repeated claims that the Smithsonian Institute has gone "out of control" with woke content and used some of his own words from 2017 to prove him wrong.
President Trump confirmed the White House is doing a review Smithsonian museums, where he complained "everything discussed is how horrible our Country is."
Donald Trump again vowed to make changes at the Smithsonian Institution, this time complaining that its museums have become too woke and that “everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was,
President Trump says 'woke' is not just a problem at the Smithsonian and that he'll root it out at museums nationwide.
White House gripes against Smithsonian come despite president’s past praise of museums like National Museum of African American History and Culture
The examples cited included a 2020 "Whiteness" Infographic, Latinos With Disabilities Program & Anthony Fauci Portrait
From Harriet Tubman's shawl to the writings of James Baldwin, these five Black history artifacts can only be found at the Smithsonian.