President Donald Trump escalated his campaign to purge cultural institutions of materials that conflict with his political directives on Tuesday, alleging museums were too focused on highlighting negative aspects of American history,

President Donald Trump continued to target the Smithsonian museums for noting "how bad slavery was." He launched a review of the museums last week.

Out Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) slammed Donald Trump for saying that museums shouldn’t discuss “how bad Slavery was” in an attempt to justify how he will be applying legal pressure on museums to rewrite history.

Historians and researchers are expressing “grave concern” about President Trump’s push to purge museums of information he dislikes.

During a recent CNN panel discussion, MAGA-supporting celebrity Jillian Michaels shocked her colleagues after she argued that slavery shouldn't be blamed on "just one race," — meaning white Americans.

President Donald Trump has called for a review of Smithsonian museums, saying they focus too much on "how bad Slavery was".

Trump criticized American museums as "the last remaining segment of 'WOKE.'" The White House said that the administration plans to start with the Smithsonian, and "go from there." Would that be possible?

Trump's call for a repeat of his approach to colleges and universities suggests Smithsonian museums' funding could become a major pressure point.