White House slams Smithsonian exhibit for ‘undermining’ American story

Exclusive: The Trump administration is attracting its attention to the Smithsonian institution, accusing us of using federal dollars on the taxpayer-funded museum complex, which is said to promote “unilateral, divisive political stories” that fails to honor the greatness of the American story.

The official Lindsay Holigan of the White House currently performed in a special email for Fox News Digital at the Entertainment Nation of National Museum of National Museum of American History.

The exhibition that discovered the American pop culture has criticized internal and external, which see some cultural milestones as a political -filled interpretation.

Holigan said, “American taxpayers should not fund our country weakening or promote unilateral, divisive political narratives.” “Smithsonian institution should present history in a way that is accurate, balanced and conforms to values ​​that make the United States extraordinary.”

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The statement of the White House falls on the heels of several striking examples from the exhibition.

A placard, depicted with a 1923 circus poster, reads: “Under the Big Top, the circus expressed colonial impulses to claim dominance over the world.” Another, describing early American entertainment, declares: “One of the early defined symptoms of entertainment in the United States was an extraordinary violence.”

The exhibition re -presents reputed American characters through an important, politically charged lens. On the loan ranger, the display stated: “The relationship with the white title character with Tonto was similar to how the US government had imagined itself the world’s loan ranger.”

Mickey Mouse, a beloved American cultural icon, is not spared either. A performance for 1928 cartoon steamboat Willie, “Mickey challenged the authority, but not everyone was joking.”

It continues: “Mickey Mouse debuted in 1928 as Dechand ‘Steamboat Willy’, amidst a growing concern that was erasing modern life and city life family and community relations and loosening the moral codes … but working with the outer faces, white gloves, and tricks of the new character.”

In the context of the Indiana Jones Film Series, another panel is written: “Her character embodied a confident righteousness, which in many ways, captured the essence of the 1980s,” Above another subdivision in the context of President Ronald Reagan’s famous speech, “Are you better?”

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A panel Magnum, “challenges Pai as the popular beliefs of Vietnam’s giants as damaged misfits.” A section of John Stewart’s Daily Show has “known to audiences who have mistrusted politicians and reporting process.”

Another panel highlights the heavenly pop star Selena Quintilla-Perfies and frames her cultural impact through identity politics.

“Selena talked to us about identity,” With a quotation of reading the late singer, “I feel very proud to be a mexican.”

The lesson stated that his work “within the United States of Mexican within the United States highlights the long -term cultural and growing political influence of the American and Latinx communities.”

“Example [Fox News Digital] The Trump administration highlighted from the National Museum of American History is part of the problem of fixing the administration, “Holigan said.

Holigan confirmed that a top-to-down content with inputs from Senior Smithsonian Leaders and Board of Regents is already going on. “We are working with leadership in Smithsonian and to audit and review all the materials in the museums,” he said, “and we are committed to ensure that such material respects our country’s founding principles, tells stories of American heroes, and not promote fringe or activist ideologies as history.”

He said, “We will provide updates on this audit as our progress comes out.”

Smithsonian Institution replied to Fox News Digital with the following brief written statement: “The museum is committed to constant and rigorous scholarships and a fair presentation of research and facts and history. Such as, and as has been announced earlier, we are assessing materials in Smithsonian museums and will take any necessary changes to meet our standards.

The institution did not answer specific questions about the author about the entertainment Nation exhibition, whether it was an academic advisor or activist organization, or who decided to present all the performance lessons in English and Spanish.

The controversy has come to light amidst a widespread push by President Donald Trump to reopen cultural institutions that he has said that he is far away.

In March, Trump issued an executive order directing the Board of Regents to eliminate “unfair, divisive or anti -American ideology” from the Smithsonian Museum. He alleged to embrace the institution that he called the “a revisionist movement” “by reducing the remarkable achievements of the United States and putting his founding principles and historic milestones in a negative light”.

The Board of Regents include vice -president, Chief Justice of the United States, six members of the Congress and nine civilians.

Vice President JD Vance and Congress Carlos GimanezBoth recent appointments have advocated a quick review of Smithsonian material. In a pre -interview with The Wall Street Journal, Gimanez confirmed the tension at the board’s June meeting of how quickly to move forward, although an agreement was eventually signed.

Smithsonian receives about two-thirds of its $ 1 billion annual budget from federal appropriation.

Entertainment Nation Exhibit was opened in December 2022 and “bill was billed as a permanent exhibition to celebrate the power of popular culture to shape and reflect history.” It is ranked in a prominent place on the West Wing of the museum and features artifacts and media from films, television, sports and music.

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While the declared goal of the museum is to find out how entertainment intersect with American identity, the Trump administration argues that it uses culture to smuggle in ideology instead, which often occurs on obstacles with most Americans’ values.

“American is worth a Smithsonian that inspires national pride, tells the truth, and reflects the greatness of this country,” Holigan said. “It is not that serves as an agent for social change and cultural sabotage.”