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TexasTowelie

(122,506 posts) Fri Aug 1, 2025, 06:40 PM Aug 1

Smithsonian removes Trump's impeachments from presidency exhibit - CNN

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History last month removed a board that referenced President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit on the American presidency. In a statement to CNN, The Smithsonian Institution said the decision, which was first reported by The Washington Post, was made after a review of the museum’s “legacy content” this year.

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Smithsonian removes Trump's impeachments from presidency exhibit - CNN (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 1 OP

If we pretend he wasn't impeached Turbineguy Aug 1 #1

It will be back..probably not soon enough, but the Smithsonian is all about history..IT WILL BE BACK! PortTack Aug 1 #2

Maddow Blog-Smithsonian removes Trump references from exhibit on presidential impeachments LetMyPeopleVote Aug 1 #3

Literally rewriting history. LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2 #4

Turbineguy

(39,240 posts)

1. If we pretend he wasn't impeached

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 06:52 PM

Aug 1

maybe we can pretend he's a good president.

PortTack

(35,704 posts)

2. It will be back..probably not soon enough, but the Smithsonian is all about history..IT WILL BE BACK!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 07:01 PM

Aug 1

LetMyPeopleVote

(168,338 posts)

3. Maddow Blog-Smithsonian removes Trump references from exhibit on presidential impeachments

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 08:06 PM

Aug 1

The president targeted the Smithsonian with an executive order. Its American history museum changed its impeachment exhibit soon after.

Probably not a coincidence:
- Trump signs an executive order about the Smithsonian, targeting â€œdivisiveâ€ content
- Trump then ousts the Smithsonianâ€™s portrait gallery director
- The Smithsonian then removes a reference to Trumpâ€™s impeachment from a history exhibit www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-01T14:42:09.753Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/smithsonian-removes-trump-references-exhibit-presidential-impeachments-rcna222436

And let’s not forget that museums are on the list, too. The Washington Post reported:

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in July removed references to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit display. A person familiar with the exhibit plans, who was not authorized to discuss them publicly, said the change came about as part of a content review that the Smithsonian agreed to undertake following pressure from the White House to remove an art museum director.

As someone who wrote a book about efforts to rewrite history and what I described as “the Republicans’ war on the recent past,” I couldn’t help but marvel at such a brazen example of an institution succumbing to presidential pressure and altering a historical display about events Americans already saw with their own eyes......

But this story comes against an important backdrop. In late March, Trump signed an executive order that directly took aim at the Smithsonian and its museums, directing officials to eliminate “improper, divisive, or anti-American” ideology from the institution. The same order accused the Biden administration of, among other things, using the Smithsonian to advance what the Republican president described as a “corrosive” ideology.

How did the White House define words such as “improper,” “divisive,” “anti-American” and “corrosive” in an ideological context? The order didn’t say. Presumably, Trump knows it when he sees it. Was there any proof of the Biden administration misusing the Smithsonian? No.....

The title of the White House’s order from March said the directive is intended to restore “sanity to American history.” Given the circumstances, “sanity” is not the word that comes to mind.

LetMyPeopleVote

(168,338 posts)

4. Literally rewriting history.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 12:54 PM

Aug 2

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