Trump, who has sought to root out what he called “woke” culture since returning to power in January, accused the Smithsonian of trying to rewrite American history on issues of race and gender.
Trump said this should include a drive to “remove improper ideology from such properties.”
They include the National Zoo in the US capital, which recently welcomed two giant pandas from China, debuting them to the public just days after Trump's inauguration for a second term.
It said the National Museum of African American History and Culture, one of the newest Smithsonian additions, had described hard work and the nuclear family as “aspects of ‘White Culture.’”
There was no immediate reaction from the Smithsonian.
The Smithsonian Institute was founded in the mid-19th century with a donation from a deceased and childless British chemist, James Smithson, who asked in his will for his wealth to be used to create an educational institution in the then-young United States -- a country he had never set foot in.
The 78-year-old Republican recently took over the chairmanship of the Kennedy Center in Washington, a famed arts venue, after complaining that it was too liberal.
In a separate order on Thursday titled “Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful,“ Trump directed the creation of an inter-agency task force to increase immigration enforcement and other law enforcement priorities.
“We will take over our horribly run Washington, DC, and clean up, renovate, and rebuild our capital so that it is no longer a nightmare of murder and crime,“ Trump said on the campaign trail last year -- a message reposted Thursday on X by the White House.
The city has a unique status in the country as it is not a part of any state. It has no voting representation in Congress -- despite having a population larger than two states.
With that backdrop, city authorities have sought to develop a conciliatory relationship with the president, quickly fulfilling his requests, such as removing some homeless encampments and a “Black Lives Matter” mural.
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