The Politics of Revisionism: Trump's Disclaimers at the Smithsonian The move by President Trump to install disclaimers outside the Smithsonian's Museum of American History is an attempt to rewrite history, plain and simple.
Beneath the veneer of "restoring trust" in the institution lies a disturbing impulse to suppress any narrative that doesn't align with his own revisionist view of America's past.
This move comes on the heels of Trump's attacks on the 1619 Project, which aimed to contextualize the American Revolution within the framework of slavery and colonialism.