Trump Asks Smithsonian to Install George Washington Statues and Exhibit
Trump wants a 30-foot Washington statue to replace Infinity and a five-year exhibit on the first president, as critics warn of a conservative rewrite of history.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump demanded the Smithsonian Institution install an 11-foot statue of George Washington in the Flag Hall by Constitution Day, September 17, 2026, followed by a 30-foot "Washington Colossus."
- Trump's administration has accused the Smithsonian of emphasizing slavery and oppression at the expense of national achievements, prompting his push for a five-year exhibition honoring Washington through his 300th birthday in 2032.
- Trump argued Washington "is easily America's GREATEST HERO," saying the abstract "Infinity" sculpture "says nothing about America" and should be replaced with the proposed monument honoring the nation's first president.
- Smithsonian chief Lonnie Bunch announced this week he is stepping down at year's end after nearly 50 years, following months of tension between the institution and the Trump administration over exhibitions.
- The Smithsonian operates independently under a Board of Regents, though it remains unclear whether Trump can directly order the museum to make the changes he has demanded.
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Trump to Smithsonian: Replace 'Infinity' With George Washington
George Washington's presence on the National Mall isn't big enough for President Trump's liking. In a series of specific Truth Social posts on Friday night, Trump called on the Smithsonian to install a 30-foot "Colossus" statue of Washington outside the National Museum of American History and launch a five-year exhibition...
Predsjednik SAD-a Donald Trump at the request of George Washington, at the Nacionalnom muzeju američke povijesti at Washingtonu, at the expense of saving cultural institutions, at the expense of the American government, at the expense of the progresivnog […] Objava Trump želi da muzej američke povijesti postavi goleme kipove George Washingtona pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hong Jeong-gyu = U.S. President Donald Trump [at the] entrance of the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., [emblazoned] George Washington, the first president known as the Father of the Nation...
The president of the United States considers that the modernist sculpture “Infinity” of José de Rivera, installed in 1967, “does not say anything to visitors nor inspire”
Donald Trump asked the Smithsonian to install two statues of George Washington in the National Museum of American History and organize an exhibition on the first president of the United States. One of the sculptures, more than nine meters high,...
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