President Trump signed an executive order Thursday seeking to restore truth to American history through an overhaul of the Smithsonian. 

The order, titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," slams the Biden administration for ushering in an era of "corrosive ideology" in recent years and seeks to unfurl "divisive, race-centered" themes plaguing the institution.

"Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology," the order reads. "This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive."

The directive puts Vice President JD Vance in charge of overseeing efforts to “remove improper ideology” from all areas of the institution. Vance serves on the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents.

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President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring accurate representations of American history in educational institutions. https://t.co/BQy31t6E8Z

— Executive Order & Presidential Action News (@47_Tracker) March 27, 2025

The President notes that institutions like these - including the institution's museums and research centers - should focus on American achievements.

It is the policy of my Administration to restore Federal sites dedicated to history, including parks and museums, to solemn and uplifting public monuments that remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage, consistent progress toward becoming a more perfect Union, and unmatched record of advancing liberty, prosperity, and human flourishing.  Museums in our Nation’s capital should be places where individuals go to learn — not to be subjected to ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives that distort our shared history.

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If you're looking for the red meat issue that's almost certain to make liberals pull their hair out, it'd be the section of this new executive order that directs Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to review and "restore" any "public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties" that may have been improperly removed in the past five-plus years.

A White House fact sheet states that their removal or any subsequent changes made to alter them were designed "to perpetuate a false revision of history or improperly minimize or disparage certain historical figures or events."

As for the pulling of the hair reference, enter Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX).

"First, Trump removes any reference of diversity from the present — now he’s trying to remove it from our history," she wrote on X. "Let me be PERFECTLY clear— you cannot erase our past, and you cannot stop us from fulfilling our future."

First Trump removes any reference of diversity from the present — now he’s trying to remove it from our history.

Let me be PERFECTLY clear— you cannot erase our past and you cannot stop us from fulfilling our future. https://t.co/SaYMACVC2V

— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@RepJasmine) March 28, 2025

"You cannot erase our past," says the party that tore down statues and wanted George Washington and Thomas Jefferson memorials removed.

Trump's latest order on the Smithsonian, much like his Kennedy Center overhaul, is an attempt to wrest control of these institutions away from far-left ideologues that have turned them into political statements rather than places of cultural advancement and education.

The Smithsonian has engaged in such lunacy for quite some time. 

Back in 2016, the institution excluded Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from its National Museum of African American History and Culture. He was only mentioned tangentially as part of an exhibit on Anita Hill, who accused him of sexual harassment in the early 1990s. It was a story that had several holes and little basis in fact.

Thomas would later be added to an exhibit titled "The Supreme Court," which featured both him and Justice Thurgood Marshall.

The Smithsonian Institution’s American Women’s History Museum features transgender women on its official website. They mention Sylvia Rivera, a biological male activist born Ray Rivera, and co-founder of the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries.

The Smithsonian Museum also has a collection of artifacts it curated from the protest at the Capitol in January 2021. It includes a blue suit worn by Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ), a representative at the time, because he was photographed picking up litter left behind after the protest.

Kim was super-super proud of his accomplishment.

6 months ago today I wore this blue suit as I cleaned the Capitol after the insurrection, now I just donated it to the Smithsonian. Jan6 must never be forgotten. While some try to erase history, I will fight to tell the story so it never happens again. Here is one story…(THREAD) pic.twitter.com/GKePd1ZMrr

— Andy Kim (@AndyKimNJ) July 6, 2021

"President Trump aims to ensure that the Smithsonian is an institution that sparks children’s imagination, celebrates American history and ingenuity, serves as a symbol to the world of American greatness, and makes America proud," the White House fact sheet adds.

The order directs all changes to the Smithsonian institutions to be completed by July 4th, 2026, the 250^th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

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