{"id":3119,"date":"2026-07-09T04:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:41:59","slug":"smithsonian-boss-bites-back-in-leaked-email-after-bonkers-trump-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3119","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Boss Bites Back in Leaked Email After Bonkers Trump Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The Secretary of the Smithsonian has defended the iconic institution after a savage new White House report.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3118\">Trump Admits Truth About Last-Minute Air Force One Swap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 162-page , titled \u201cSaving America\u2019s Story\u201d was released by the Executive Office of the President on July 4. It takes particular aim at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History, which it claims is led by \u201cradical activists.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The explosive report claimed that the museum\u2019s mission has moved \u201cfrom straightforward historical education and scholarship toward an extreme political activism that seeks to transform our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It also stated that the leadership of the museum had \u201cexplicitly adopted an ideological framework that no longer treats the American story as a shared national inheritance to be taught or celebrated, but as a political instrument to divide, dispirit, and discourage our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, 73, has defended the museum in an email sent to staff on Tuesday, and obtained by the Washington Post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Bunch, the first African American to lead the institution, told staff members \u201cwe continue to review the report and its findings carefully\u201d and noted that \u201cthere will always be room for improvement.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, Bunch\u2019s email said that the White House report \u201cis not a fair characterization of the work and totality of the National Museum of American History.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAt the Smithsonian, our work is driven by scholarship, accuracy, and an uncompromising commitment to tell the fullness of America\u2019s story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The email said that as part of their role at the museums, the staff \u201care charged with helping a nation find understanding, hope, and clarity and as part of that duty, we are dedicated to excellence, reflection, and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bunch said the institution remains committed to \u201cscholarship, nonpartisanship, independence, accuracy, and integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3116\">Trump\u2019s Late-Night Phone Habit Revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Smithsonian confirmed to the Daily Beast that Bunch sent the email and provided a comment first released after the initial report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor more than 180 years, the Smithsonian has served the American public with nonpartisan and independent scholarship, and we remain committed to doing so,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<p>External scholars have also defended the museum in the face of the Trump administration\u2019s brutal assessment.<\/p>\n<p>The Organization of American Historians released a statement on Monday condemning the White House\u2019s report, claiming its objective was to punish the museum\u201d for how it \u201cmakes U.S. history accessible to and reflective of <i>all<\/i> Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It said the report was \u201cpart of an ongoing and multi-pronged assault by the Trump administration against accurate and evidence-based history in American public life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The OAH stated in August last year that no president has the \u201clegitimate authority\u201d to dictate the content of the Smithsonian\u2019s exhibitions, after Trump released an executive order titled \u201cRestoring Truth and Sanity to American History.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>At the the time, the OAH called out \u201cthe White House\u2019s effort to assert control over the Smithsonian\u2019s staff, archives, donors, public-facing content, curatorial processes, exhibition planning, and collection use\u201d as an \u201calarming infringement on the autonomy and integrity\u201d of the distinguished institution.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <i>Meet the Press <\/i>last Sunday, Bunch said the Smithsonian is \u201cthe glue that helps hold a nation together\u201d in divided times.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cYou look at who visits the Smithsonian. Everybody, red states, blue states, whatever your politics, you come to the Smithsonian,\u201d Bunch said. \u201cWhy? Because you want to understand who you are, right? It\u2019s about celebrating, but also understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3114\">Trump Humiliated as D.C. Fountain He Restored Turns Brown<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secretary of the Smithsonian has defended the iconic institution after a savage new White House report. Read more Trump Admits Truth About Last-Minute Air Force One Swap The 162-page , titled \u201cSaving America\u2019s Story\u201d was released by the Executive Office of the President on July 4. 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