Folks, I’m sipping my coffee and reading about the latest move by the Trump administration, and I just can’t help but chuckle. It seems President Donald Trump has ordered the National Park Service to install temporary signage near the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, warning visitors about “inaccurate information” presented in the institution’s exhibits. Because, you know, the White House is now the ultimate authority on historical accuracy.
The executive order demands that the National Park Service, which controls the sidewalks outside of several Smithsonian museums, installs signs promoting a White House report that criticizes exhibits at the National Museum of American History. The order says the signage “shall notify visitors that the Museum exhibits should be renovated consistent with the findings” in the report and directs them to “locations and resources for accurate information” about the country’s history. Yeah, because we all know that the White House is a neutral and unbiased source of information.
The report, published on July 4 by the White House Domestic Policy Council, accused the Smithsonian of advancing “radical,” left-wing ideologies at the museum and “an extreme political activism that seeks to transform our country.” Critics have accused the Trump administration of attempting to leverage the museum to re-write the history presented in its exhibits to favor a conservative worldview. You can’t make this stuff up, folks.
The White House said in a fact sheet on the order that “President Trump is fighting back to restore one of the Nation’s greatest civic treasures to its founding mission and purpose and reestablish truth in the Nation’s historical narrative.” Somewhere in Atlanta, a producer thought this sounded terrifying, I’m sure. The order is the latest effort by the Trump administration to re-write aspects of the nation’s history presented in some of the country’s most prestigious museums and galleries.
It follows a March 2025 executive order in which the White House sought to combat what it called “historical revisions” that cast the country’s history in a negative light. While the National Park Service falls under the purview of the Department of the Interior, the Smithsonian is an independent agency that is meant to operate outside the control of the executive branch. But the government controls much of the museum system’s funding, and Vice President JD Vance sits on its board.
Smithsonian leaders have said the institution will maintain its autonomy despite the administration’s repeated attempts to intervene with its exhibits and personnel decisions. The Smithsonian declined to comment on Friday’s order. Bless their hearts, it’s like they’re trying to avoid getting caught up in a game of political football.
In conclusion, it seems like the Trump administration is trying to spin the narrative of American history to fit their own agenda. I’m not sure what’s more amusing, the fact that they think they can get away with it or the fact that they’re using the National Park Service to do their bidding. Either way, it’s been an entertaining ride, folks. And who knows, maybe one day we’ll see signs outside the Smithsonian that say “alternative facts available here.” 🙄
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Former remote-throwing champion turned #1 couch commentator on liberal panic in the media. Born in Texas (or so his mug says), he earned a degree in Fake Newsology & Beer Philosophy from YouTube University.
