Trump Strikes Back Against Woke History with Bold Smithsonian Order

President Trump has once again drawn a line in the sand—this time against the slow poisoning of American history through leftist ideology. On Thursday, he signed an executive order titled Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History, directing the Smithsonian Institution to purge exhibits and programs that promote radical, divisive, or anti-American narratives.

The order appoints Vice President J.D. Vance—now a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents—to lead the charge in removing content that “degrades shared American values,” “divides Americans by race,” or contradicts federal law and policy. It also mandates the restoration of monuments removed since 2020, many of which were torn down in the Marxist-fueled riots following the riots that year.

And the Smithsonian needs this cleansing. One example cited in conservative backlash was the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s now-infamous chart that described “hard work,” “individualism,” and “the nuclear family” as traits of “whiteness.” Another target is the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, still in development but already under fire for planning to include transgender “women” as part of its exhibits—a blatant denial of biological reality and a slap in the face to true womanhood.

Among the most disturbing practices to be targeted is the Smithsonian’s track record of tolerating anti-Christian blasphemy. In 2010, a National Portrait Gallery exhibit featured a film segment of a crucifix covered in ants—an image so offensive it drew bipartisan outrage and was ultimately pulled. Yet while this act of desecration made it through curators, the voices defending faith and morality are increasingly silenced.

This executive order is not an example of censorship, as radicals will always have the right to spew their perverse viewpoints in public forums. Instead, it’s an example of proper governmental stewardship. Our nation’s cultural institutions are not playgrounds for woke activists or perverse fringe groups. They are commissioned to preserve truth, not distort it. President Trump’s move is a bold act of cultural leadership—a reassertion that America was built not on divisive ideologies, but on greatness that is rooted in the Judeo-Christian moral code, personal responsibility, and the historical and scientific facts that radical elites have long tried to erase.

This isn’t just a political win. It’s a spiritual correction, for such a time as this.

“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” — Psalm 11:3