The White House has released a report accusing the Smithsonian Institution of adopting a divisive, far-left ideological framework that erases American heritage. The report, published on the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, claims that the Smithsonian has moved its mission away from straightforward historical education and scholarship toward extreme political activism.
Smithsonian Response
A Smithsonian spokesperson stated that the institution remains committed to nonpartisan and independent scholarship. The report follows a March 2025 executive order titled ‘Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,’ which sought to combat what the White House calls ‘historical revisions’ that cast the country’s history in a negative light.
The White House report alleges that the leadership at the National Museum of American History has been captured by a ‘radical, activist ideology’ that is in opposition to the nation’s ‘noble, honest story.’ The report criticizes the museum’s leadership for ‘intentionally withholding and subverting’ the nation’s central story, saying that the museum intentionally veers away from an ‘America First’ viewpoint in history.
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