Trump Declares Smithsonian 'Out of Control,' History Formerly Cancelled

Over the last 20 years, new voices like Pulitzer winners Annette Gordon-Reed and David Blight have been rewriting U.S. history, causing Trump to call the Smithsonian 'OUT OF CONTROL' on Truth Social, because apparently America’s museums are the new kindergarten of woke conflicts. Armed with Trump executive orders threatening to yank federal money from schools keeping Black history books, and a historical review resembling university DEI audits, the 2025 culture war now targets George Washington’s attempt to kidnap a runaway slave and museums repatriating tribal remains. Michael Harriot says history rightly 'should be uncomfortable,' unlike 1950s feel-good sanitized reruns. Meanwhile, red states crack down on slavery talks, pushing a glow-up version of U.S history with the subtlety of a toddler with a permanent marker.

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Museums telling the full, messy truth got Trump yelling 'OUT OF CONTROL' like a toddler after bedtime—because how dare historical complexity ruin his patriotic paint-by-numbers coloring book?

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When Trump calls the Smithsonian 'OUT OF CONTROL,' you know history is being served with more spice—part museum exhibit, part political reality show meltdown.

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Red states banning slavery talks while Washington chased runaway slaves? Sounds like someone’s stuck rewinding history to a boss fight the Republicans refuse to lose.

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