Trump Executive Order Targets Smithsonian Museum Exhibits

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday, "Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution," requiring the National Park Service to place signs outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. The signs will notify visitors that museum exhibits should be renovated in line with a White House report issued on July 4, which claimed the museum is divisive and misleading in its presentation of American history. The order follows warning signs already placed along walkways outside the museum, visually attesting that the institution is under siege. Philip Kennicott, a Washington Post critic, argues that the complaints are laughable, noting that the museum inspires wonder, not division.