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Trump wants to seize the Smithsonian — and he has a plan

Summary by Alternet
President Donald Trump reportedly wants to seize the Smithsonian Institution, one of America’s most prestigious collection of museums, and to use them to whitewash the United States’ history on issues like slavery.“When President Trump summoned Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for lunch at the White House on August 28 of last year, Bunch’s advisers assumed that the end was near,” The Atlantic’s Clint Smith wrote on Mon…

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Alternet broke the news in Washington, United States on Monday, June 22, 2026.
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