President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at purging “anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution and restoring monuments that were removed during the past five years.
The executive order, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate “improper partisan ideology” from the Smithsonian, which has, according to the order, promoted the idea that American history is “inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed.”
“Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history, replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth,” the order states.
“This revisionist movement seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States by casting its…
