An executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution is prompting questions over the organization’s past and who runs and funds it.

The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”

In the executive order issued late last week, Trump criticized what he saw as “a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history” that replaces “objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.”

President Trump signed an executive order targeting funding for Smithsonian Institution programs that he says contain "divisive, race-centered ideology."

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said President Trump’s order looking to control the “divisive narratives” at Smithsonian museums and federal sites is “deeply disrespectful.” Moore joined CNN’s “State

President Donald Trump said a "concerted and widespread" effort over the past decade has sought to rewrite American history.

The White House wants the quasi-independent network of museums to remove "improper ideology" from its collections

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”