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Trump Administration Outlines Plan for Signs Outside Smithsonian Museum
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- President Trump is pushing to install warning signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, claiming the museum misrepresents U.S. history.
- The Interior Department has proposed 12 temporary signs costing $84,000, though details on the signs' size and exact wording remain unspecified.
- The initiative stems from Trump’s March 2025 executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” which criticizes a perceived revisionist movement undermining the nation’s founding principles.
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum communicated the plan in letters to Senators, including Lisa Murkowski, outlining the intent to address concerns raised by the executive order.
