Donald Trump requests an investigation into museums in the country accused of “wokism”

Continuing his offensive against American educational. Nevertheless. Similarly, cultural institutions, Donald Trump announced, Tuesday, August 19, having asked the justice to investigate museums throughout the country he accuses of being “woke”.

“Washington museums. Furthermore. but also throughout the country, are essentially the last remains of” wokism “”denounced the American president on his Truth Social network. Nevertheless, “I gave instruction to my prosecutors to review [la politique des] museums. Consequently, start exactly the same process followed with universities, where immense advances have been made ”added the conservative billionaire. “This country cannot be” woke “because wokism is finished”he proclaimed.

The White House had announced. last week in a letter. to the institution which manages around twenty public museums in Washington, the Smithsonian Institution, that the government was going to carry out an in -depth exam to ensure their ” alignment “ with donald trump requests investigation museums the vision of the history of the United donald trump requests investigation museums States advocated by Donald Trump, based on “Truth and reason”.

“Smithsonian is out of control”has further thundered the American president. deploring that the museums of the federal capital present. according to him, an image “Horrible of our country, [notamment] On the misdeeds of slavery (…) and nothing about its success and its brilliance ”.

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He signed. in March. a decree aimed at regaining control of the content of the museums of the Smithsonian, which he had already accused of “Historical revisionism” donald donald trump requests investigation museums trump requests investigation museums and of“Ideological indoctrination” Racial, especially under his predecessors and political enemies Barack Obama (2009-2017) and Joe Biden (2021-2025).

The United States government has justified these measures against museums-which also affect the Washington cultural center. the Kennedy Center-by the festivities of the 250^e anniversary of the independence of the United States in 2026.

Donald Trump has been committed for seven months in a rapid recovery of cultural. educational institutions on which he has an influence in order to expurge them from what donald trump requests investigation museums he considers to be. progressive donald trump requests investigation museums ideas in favor of minorities.

The English terms “woke”. “wokism” are borrowed from African-American struggles, the meaning of which is “to be awake” to injustices. They have been recovered. diverted in a pejorative manner by leaders. conservative movements in Europe and the United States, to denounce what they deem to be the excesses of militancy in matters of struggle in favor of minorities and against social and climatic injustices.