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Historian Douglas Brinkley on MAGA-fying the Smithsonian

Historian Douglas Brinkley on MAGA-fying the Smithsonian

Update: 2025-08-21
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As the Trump administration conducts a review of the content in the Smithsonian museums, the president wrote on social media earlier this week that the Smithsonian Institution was too focused on the horrors of slavery.

On Today's Show:
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University, a CNN Presidential Historian, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, talks about what could be lost if the administration is able to censor what is presented to museumgoers.

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Historian Douglas Brinkley on MAGA-fying the Smithsonian

Historian Douglas Brinkley on MAGA-fying the Smithsonian

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