President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed the White House is conducting a review of the Smithsonian museums and expressed frustration over their portrayal of dark parts of America's history, including slavery."The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been -- Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future," Trump wrote on his social media platform.MORE: White House to conduct review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions to ensure they fit with Trump's view of American history"We are not going to allow this to happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made," Trump added."This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE.
We have the 'HOTTEST' Country in the World, and we want people to talk about it, including in our Museums."The Smithsonian declined to comment.President Donald J Trump speaks during a Multilateral Meeting with European leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, August 18, 2025.Aaron Schwartz/EPA/ShutterstockABC News reported last week that the White House planned to do a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian Institution's exhibitions and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary next year.In a letter sent to Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the White House wrote that it wants to ensure that the museums "reflect the unity, progress, and enduring values that define the American story."When Trump visited The National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2017, he had a different opinion about the discussion of slavery in the museum.In his remarks that day he praised Bunch, the current secretary of the Smithsonian who was then the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Cultur...