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Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution

Donald Trump · 47th PresidentPublished Jul 29, 2026Signed Jul 24, 2026

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Section 1 . Policy. On March 27, 2025, I issued Executive Order 14253 (Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History). Pursuant to that order, the Domestic Policy Council recently completed a months-long review of the Smithsonian Institution and its National Museum of American History (Museum) and issued its findings in the report entitled Saving America's Story: How Ideological Capture at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History Erases Our Heritage (Report).…

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