White House review of Smithsonian’s America 250 plans underway

The White House has obtained extensive documentation from the Smithsonian Institution detailing its operations, as the Trump administration conducts a review of one of the country’s most prestigious cultural centers. 

“The Smithsonian provided additional documents to the White House per the White House’s letter requesting additional materials on exhibits. The documents are currently being reviewed, and we will continue to engage with the Smithsonian upon our review,” Office of Management and Budget General Counsel Mark Paoletta told the Washington Examiner.

The development marks the Trump administration’s latest effort to eradicate federally funded exhibits, shows, and guidelines from the sprawling Smithsonian network that it believes negatively frames U.S. history from a progressive, Marxist perspective.

“The American people will have no patience for any museum that is diffident