The report comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington’s most sacred cultural and historic institutions

A White House report has branded the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, particularly the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who are untrustworthy, signaling Donald Trump’s potential move to appoint his own team.

This report, issued by the White House Domestic Policy Council on Independence Day, aligns with President Trump’s aggressive efforts to reshape Washington’s prominent cultural and historical institutions.

Earlier in March, Trump had already indicated his intent to enforce changes at the Smithsonian through an executive order, which aimed to cut funding for programs promoting “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology,” as part of his ongoing critique of what he perceives as overly liberal culture.

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      The bar is so low that a confessed pedophile who registers as a small sex offender and seeks help is MORE trustworthy than this president.

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    The current Secretary of the Smithsonian is a Black guy who was just featured on Meet the Press. I’m sure that’s a coincidence.

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    I was watching a video about the Chumash Indians, how they were moved to and congregated around the missions of Southern California (to save their souls) where they got European diseases and died. I’ve visited several of those missions multiple times, those stories are not advertised. It seems the concept of hiding our truths has a deep and storied history, just like in this Smithsonian story. Meanwhile, one of the oldest works of fiction on the planet, the Holy Bible, cannot be touched by the US government by First Amendment mandate.

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    Experts? Can’t trust experts. Gotta trust this fat fucking rapist conman, his mail-order whorebride, and their anchor babies who stole from a child’s charity.

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    Low IQ felon pedophile rapist and his fascist sycophants complain about museum.

    Sounds about right.