Trump’s Big New Propaganda Push
- On March 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order focused on museums to 'remove improper ideology' and restore traditional American history and values, targeting the Smithsonian Institution specifically.
- Trump's order criticizes historical exhibits, claiming they distort American achievements, and seeks to replace them with a version of history devoid of criticism.
- The executive order is part of a broader initiative to reframe American history and restore statues removed since 2020.
- Trump tasked Vice President JD Vance to ensure compliance with the order, emphasizing the need to avoid narratives that portray American values negatively.
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Americans ‘want to know history and not a fairy tale’: Historians on Trump rewriting US History
This week, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”. It aims at eliminating what the president calls “improper ideology” from the American Historical narrative, including at our museums, national parks, and monuments. The order singles out the Smithsonian, claiming that the museum system’s telling of America’s history is a “distorted narrative”. But, says Johns Hopkins professor of History…
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