Uncle Sam's home is full of skeletons.
The bones include (but is not limited to) extermination/removal of indigenous people and wildlife and this thing called slavery that resulted in centuries of free labor.
Museums like the Smithsonian are meant to preserve the country’s history, good and bad, so future generations can learn the full story and not make the same mistakes.
To President Trump, though, the Smithsonian should focus less on the “bad parts” of the nation’s past; namely, there should be less focus on the ills of slavery, The New York Times reported.
DJT took to Truth Social, saying, “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.”
He continued with, “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 White House published an article, "President Trump is Right About the Smithsonian,” on its website, listing all the museums and exhibits that Trump finds to be anti-America, anti-white and anti-straight people, among other things. One of these exhibits comes from The National Museum of African Art.
“From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson,” displayed from April 29, 2023 to Jan. 6, 2025, focused on “an underwater kingdom populated by the children of pregnant women who had been thrown overboard or jumped voluntarily into the ocean during the transatlantic slave trade,” and Middle Passage.
Within this installation, Jackson used the Drexciya myth to bring to life “an immersive, feminist, and sacred aquatopia where African water spirits from Senegal to South Africa both midwife and protect the Drexciyans,” while showing “what it might have meant to be among the estimated two million captives who never made it to shore.”
Exhibits like Jackson’s show sides to slavery and other U.S. history that most people would never truly learn and know about, as textbooks in western society are typically written by the victors or the oppressors; two groups of people that are interchangeable and white throughout history.
Few of the many exhibits and museums listed in the White House article showcase America during enslavement and “manifest destiny.” But if you're looking for pro-white, Anglo Saxon settlers being great then you're covered.
It is dangerous to tout pride for a history of oppression in a modern country like America that is known for its diversity (“melting pot”) and rich immigrant background. It’s almost impossible for upstanding pillars of national accountability, like the Smithsonian Institution, to shed positive light on such horrendous blights such as slavery. There is no good way to frame the deaths of millions for the benefit of a few who plunder.
As the country slides towards Orwellianism, posts and official statements like these will only continue. And Big Brother will be the one coming out on top 一 not us.