Trump isn't the only President who subverted/ interfered with the Smithsonian -- also Nixon (1969 - 1974) did such plotting & actions

 Nixon ordered up costly exhibitions / / 

then re-election officials up to Nov. 1972

told curators to "wall off" a controversial

voting rights show - exhibit

DETAILS at

washingtonpost.com/

entertainment/2025/10/22/nixon-smithsonian-american-history-museum-trump-pressure