Culture & Society

Trump’s Push for Smithsonian Oversight Reveals America’s Battle Over National Identity

By Economics Desk | August 26, 2025

As President Trump challenges the Smithsonian’s narrative, foreign critics like Chile’s Gabriel Boric seize the moment to undermine U.S. sovereignty—yet the real struggle is over who controls America’s history and future.

When Chilean President Gabriel Boric criticizes President Donald Trump for seeking to "review" Smithsonian museums, claiming America's democracy is "being undermined day by day," he reveals more about globalist attitudes than about our nation. The push by Trump to ensure that America's premier cultural institution reflects an accurate, balanced, and patriotic account of our past is a defense of national sovereignty—not censorship. For years, the Smithsonian has been accused by conservatives of promoting a "woke" agenda that diminishes America's achievements while fixating on its flaws such as slavery and inequality. Trump's executive order threatening funding cuts unless the Smithsonian curates...

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