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Smithsonian rejects Trump criticism of the American History museum

In an email to museum staffers, Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch III pushed back against the Trump administration's recent document that accuses the Natural Museum of American History of engaging in extreme political activism
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The Daily Signal
· Jul 12, 2026
The Smithsonian’s Patriotism Problem
“Warning: The exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don’t want you to love your country.” That’s a disclaimer every entrance to the National Museum of American History ought to display, according to a new report by the White House excoriating the Smithsonian Institution and its flagship museum. But it doesn’t take a...
The Independent
· Jul 9, 2026
Trump’s bid to reshape American history meets fierce Smithsonian resistance
Smithsonian head says White House report unfairly characterized US history museum
Investing.com
· Jul 9, 2026
Smithsonian head says White House report unfairly characterized US history museum
Smithsonian head says White House report unfairly characterized US history museum
The Epoch Times
· Jul 6, 2026
White House Report Accuses Smithsonian Leaders of ‘Extreme Political Activism’
The report states that the Smithsonian National Museum of American History ‘fails to substantively present America’s founders and founding.’
The Daily Wire
· Jul 7, 2026
The White House Just Highlighted These Absurd Displays At The Nation’s Top History Museum
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History pushes left-wing activism, featuring bizarre displays including chest binders, a crotch harness, and the diary of a gender-confused girl, according to a scathing White House report released Monday. The Trump administration’s Domestic Policy Council released a 162-page report concluding that the Smithsonian “fails in the basic task of ...
MS NOW
· Jul 7, 2026
This White House doesn’t understand how to love America. The Smithsonian does.
A report attacking the National Museum of American History would prefer Americans feel a shallow patriotic crush than truly love this country. The post This White House doesn’t understand how to love America. The Smithsonian does. appeared first on MS NOW.
The Root
· Jul 9, 2026
14 Things You Must See Inside The Smithsonian
Photos: 14 Fascinating Things Inside the Smithsonian: Despite Trump’s criticism, here's proof that the Smithsonian continues to preserve America’s history.
Off The Press
· Jul 9, 2026
Smithsonian Defends Museum After White House Rebuke
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III is pushing back after the White House accused the National Museum of American History of pushing extreme political activism in a report. In an email to staffers obtained by the Washington Post, Brunch said, “we will continue to review the report and its findings carefully,” and noted, “there will always []...Click to read more
URL Media
· Jul 6, 2026
White House Report Targets Smithsonian’s Treatment of Native History, Criticizes ‘Stolen Land’ Narrative
The Trump White House quietly released a 162-page report accusing the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) of promoting what it calls a politically biased interpretation of the nation’s past. The post White House Report Targets Smithsonian’s Treatment of Native History, Criticizes ‘Stolen Land’ Narrative appeared first on URL Media.
The Daily Beast
· Jul 6, 2026
Trump Goons Melt Down at Top Museum for Teaching History
Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesA new White House report written by anonymous officials has accused the nation’s premier museum of being anti-American for daring to mention slavery.The McCarthyesque charge was leveled at the Smithsonian Institution in a long report issued late on July 4, with the White House claiming the Smithsonian “cannot be trusted” with American history.The explosive document takes particular aim at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, which it says is led by “radical activists,” and suggests Donald Trump may be planning to install his own leadership team there.Read more at The Daily Beast.
The Hill
· Jul 6, 2026
White House brands Smithsonian's American history museum leaders as 'extreme' activists
A new report from the White House Domestic Policy Council labels leaders at the Smithsonian Institution as “extreme” activists attempting to impose their own ideology on how American history is presented. The 162-page report, released on July 4, alleges the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NAMH) “fails in the basic task of illuminating” U.S....
Conservative Review
· Jul 10, 2026
5 Top Reasons The Smithsonian American History Museum Is A National Disgrace
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has failed in its mission to instill a deeper respect for the American story.
Liberty Nation
· Jul 8, 2026
Smithsonian American History Museum Ideologically ‘Captured’
Nothing says “American History” like denigrating white Christian men.
Diane Ravitch's blog
· Jul 6, 2026
White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for “Extreme Political Activism”
A new report was released over the weekend lambasting the Smithsonian Institution for political bias. In its desire to have federal museums teach “patriotic history,” the Trump administration is intent on gaining control of the Smithsonian, cutting its budget, and firing leaders who insist on telling both the good and the bad parts of the []
Legal Insurrection
· Jul 11, 2026
White House Report Details the Wokeification of the Smithsonian American History Museum
Not all Americans follow academic theories or curatorial fashions, but they do understand when a revered public institution has traded settled truths and basic history for political activism and division. The post White House Report Details the Wokeification of the Smithsonian American History Museum first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
Real Clear Politics
· Jul 10, 2026
Trump's Smithsonian Critique Is Pathetically Weak
On Wednesday, I discussed how the White House Domestic Policy Council's Saving America's Story report makes a number of false claims about what's missing from the National Museum of American History. Today, I want to discuss what the report finds objectionable that's actually there-starting with the person who oversees it all.
Drudge Retort
· Jul 5, 2026
White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for 'Extreme Political Activism'
A scathing report released on the Fourth of July says the National Museum of American History downplays the role of the founders while emphasizing social justice.
UPI
· Jul 6, 2026
White House criticizes Smithsonian museum for ‘extreme political activism’
White House criticizes Smithsonian museum for ‘extreme political activism’
Twitchy
· Jul 9, 2026
Report Lays Out the Leftist 'Ideological Capture' of the Smithsonian
Report Lays Out the Leftist 'Ideological Capture' of the Smithsonian
Fox News
· Jul 6, 2026
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History promotes 'extreme political activism,' WH report alleges
A 162-page White House report accuses the National Museum of American History of ideological capture and abandoning straightforward education.
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· Jul 6, 2026
White House: Smithsonian unworthy US stewards
White House: Smithsonian unworthy US stewards
Townhall
· Jun 30, 2026
Dem Senate Candidate: Jefferson's Memorial Should Be Ripped Down
Dem Senate Candidate: Jefferson's Memorial Should Be Ripped Down
The New Civil Rights Movement
· Jun 24, 2026
AOC Says Reflecting Pool Is ‘Swamp’ Because GOP Doesn’t ‘Understand First Thing About Science’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become a “swamp” because the GOP doesn’t understand science. Ocasio-Cortez made the comments in response to journalist Pablo Manríquez, according to The Hill. “I mean, when you defund science research, when you de — when you don’t really understand the first thing about [] The post AOC Says Reflecting Pool Is ‘Swamp’ Because GOP Doesn’t ‘Understand First Thing About Science’ appeared first on The New Civil Rights Movement.
Salon
· Jun 24, 2026
Why MAGA buys Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool hoax
The GOP base would love to arrest people who laugh at them
DNyuz
· Jul 5, 2026
White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’
In a broadside posted to its website just as Fourth of July fireworks were lighting up skies around the country on Saturday, the White House faulted the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for what it said was a failure to properly celebrate the nation’s heritage, arguing that it had become a tool of political []
Must Read Alaska
· Jul 7, 2026
White House Report Details Smithsonian’s Efforts to Denigrate American History and “Problematize” America’s 250th
On July 4th, 2026, the Domestic Policy Council, a senior White House advisory body, published a 162-page report detailing the Smithsonian Museum’s rewriting of history to promote DEI ideology and denigrate America’s history and values. According to the report, museum leaders for the National Museum of American History (NMAH) explicitly stated their goal was to [] The post White House Report Details Smithsonian’s Efforts to Denigrate American History and “Problematize” America’s 250th appeared first on Must Read Alaska.
Powerline
· Jul 7, 2026
The Sick Smithsonian
The White House’s Domestic Policy Council has produced a report on the takeover of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History by the anti-American Left. This X account summarizes some of the high (or low) points: A museum supposedly for families and children displayed: — A sadomasochistic crotch harness — A trans nonbinary person's chest binder — Pages from a 6yo girl's diary in which she prays every night
MeidasTouch
· Jun 30, 2026
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The Advocate
· Jul 9, 2026
White House attacks Smithsonian for telling ‘radical’ LGBTQ+ stories at American history museum
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POLITICO - Politics
· Jul 2, 2026
Ken Burns on Trump’s America 250: ‘Washington needed no monuments’
Ken Burns on Trump’s America 250: ‘Washington needed no monuments’
Washington Examiner
· Jul 8, 2026
The Smithsonian has failed in its mission and must be reformed
No nation, particularly a democratic republic as large and diverse as ours, can survive without a common understanding of its history and values. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History was explicitly created to help preserve and communicate our shared narrative. Unfortunately, as a new White House report shows, it has failed in this []
FactCheck.org
· Jun 25, 2026
Trump’s Unsupported Claims About Reflection Pool Vandalism
President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for damaging the new blue lining of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is now peeling, as well as for algae in the water. But the administration has not provided evidence to back up the president's claims. Experts say the pool’s ills have a variety of plausible explanations that do not involve intentional harm. The post Trump’s Unsupported Claims About Reflection Pool Vandalism appeared first on FactCheck.org.
Sky News
· Jun 21, 2026
Ex-Olympian denies vandalising Trump's $14m reflective pool project
Ex-Olympian denies vandalising Trump's $14m reflective pool project
Knewz
· Jul 2, 2026
White House officials deleted photos of Great American State Fair rally after President Donald Trump became ‘enraged’ by poor attendance
President Donald Trump reportedly reacted angrily after aerial photos revealed a sparse crowd at his rally launching the Great American State Fair, prompting White House officials to remove the images from social media, according to a CNN report published Wednesday, July 1. State fair’s lackluster crowds The event, which is part of celebrations leading up...
Sky News Australia
· Jul 6, 2026
US political divide deepens as left’s hatred towards America grows
Heritage Senior Advisor and Research Fellow Allen Mendenhall discusses the growing political divide in the United States and the nation's changing sense of identity. “I think it’s a divided America; in fact, I think the red state blue state divide has become even more bifurcated in the last decade,” Mr Mendenhall told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “It’s not something I see easing up anytime soon, but I also see a lot more pride. “I feel as if the left has begun to sort of despise America’s traditions and despise America’s culture … a lot of them even hate America.”
Florida Politics
· Jun 29, 2026
Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump’s push to toss $5M verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case
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