Trump’s Attack on the Smithsonian Is Historical Revisionism

Earlier this week, Trump escalated his attacks on the Smithsonian, along with several other museums in Washington, D.C. He claimed that the institution overemphasizes “how bad slavery was.” He called on the Secretary of the Smithsonian for a thorough review to ensure the elimination of so-called “anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian and its subsidiary museums, […]