“Museums in our nation’s capital should be places where individuals go to learn ‒ not to be subjected to ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives that distort our shared history,” Trump said in a recent executive order about parks and museums.

In Trump’s recent order, “Restoring truth and sanity to American history," he complained the Smithsonian has “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology."

“This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive," he said.

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    https://www.si.edu/about/secretary-lonnie-bunch

    Two new museums—the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum—are in development. Bunch was the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

    I’m gonna guess that he’s not gonna finish those.