Back in March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order against the Smithsonian agency, initially as follows: “Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed first-hand a consistent and broad effort to rewrite the history of our nation, replacing objective facts with distorted narratives rather than ideology rather than truth.”
Despite high-thinking rhetoric, many fear that the order is a difficult effort to rewrite history more like Trump’s preferences. For example, the order cites a desire to eliminate “unproper ideology”, an ominous phrase, if any, of features such as Smithsonisian.
These concerns are certainly strengthening this week. We learn that some of the historical information that has recently disappeared from the Smithsonians happens to be an objective history that Trump really doesn’t like: mentioning his two improvisations.
Smithsonian said the board containing the information was removed from the National Museum of History last month after reviewing the museum’s “heritage content.” The board was placed in September 2021 before the existing improvisation exhibition.
Just to drive the house: the exhibition itself is “the limit of presidential power.” Suddenly, the best efforts Congress has made to limit Trump’s restrictions disappear.
Impotence was displayed in the section “The Scope of Presidential Power” in the “U.S. Presidential Office: A Glorious Burden within the Smithsonian National Museum of History”, after the museum removed President Donald Trump’s explicit reference. -Annabelle Gordon/Reuters
It is not clear that the board was removed from office under Trump’s executive order. The Washington Post broke the news, and a source said the content censorship came after pressure on the White House to remove him.
In other words, we don’t know all the details of how this happened – including whether the removal has been specifically requested, or whether museum officials think it might be a good way to appease Trump under pressure. The Smithsonian said in a statement Saturday that there was “no government request” or that the content was removed by government officials, and an updated version of the exhibition would eventually mention all improper efforts, including Trump.
But these are all beautiful Owillia people. This is not the only example.
Trump has been blatant in his efforts to rewrite history for his own falsehoods and shameless in putting pressure on those who will serve as impartial referees for the current narrative. But this week took things to another level.
On Friday, Trump fired a commissioner from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here are a few hours after the agency has sent some very bad news to Trump: the worst three months of non-hybrid jobs since 2010.
Some Trump allies have tried to give a good look at this, believing that the removal of Dr. Erika McEntarfer is necessary because a large number of changes in the number of workers betrayed the shoddy work. But, like James B., who was then the FBI director, told Newsmax, “We fired her because we don’t believe in the numbers today.”
Within the scope of Trump’s case that he did raise an evidence-based one, as CNN’s Daniel Dale recorded Friday, the evidence was conspiracy and wrong.
Even some Republican senators admit that this may be as harsh and selfish as it seems. Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis said he called it “a bit impetuous” before discovering whether the new number was actually wrong.
“If the numbers are accurate and not what the president hopes, it’s not the statistician’s fault,” Loomis said.
Recruiters and job seekers spoke at a job fair held by the Cook County Government to support federal workers in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis added that if Trump “just because they don’t like the numbers, they should have grown up.”
Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska are worried that Trump’s move will prevent people from believing data released by the administration.
This is the real problem here. Trump doesn’t seem to be firing someone in revenge. This is the message it conveys to others with a similar location. The message is that you may want these data and these conclusions to be Trump’s favourite, otherwise.
This is the secret to obtaining a lot of unreliable data and conclusions. Even within the scope of a solid message, it presents doubts about books that have been cooked—whether in the average American, and crucially, among those who make key decisions that affect the economy. What happens if the next work report is great? Will the market believe it?
We have certainly seen a lot of candid Trump’s efforts to control these narratives and rewrite history. sampling:
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He worked for years to make the defendants on January 6 attack the Capitol in his name as sympathetic patriots, even calling them “hostages” before pardoning them.
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His administration’s efforts to phase out diversity, equity and inclusion from government often make things that celebrate only black people and women.
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He and his administration sometimes have rather light opinions about the right to freedom of speech for those who disagree with them, including talking about the protests (i.e., not necessarily violent) being “illegal.” The loyal American lawyer once threatened to pursue those who criticized Elon Musk, his ally, even for non-criminal acts.
All of this reinforces Trump’s idea of trying to consolidate power by adopting rather powerful and blatant strategies.
But if there is a week that actually drives home, these efforts may be.
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