Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for ‘improper ideology’

JD Vance to lead plan as Trump says there's been concerted' effort to rewrite US history with distorted narrative'

Donald Trump has ordered an overhaul to the Smithsonian Institution, claiming he will eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from the world's largest museum, education and research complex.

In an executive order issued on Thursday, the president said there had been a concerted and widespread" effort over the past decade to rewrite US history by replacing objective facts" with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth".