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Given that the current administration literally issued an executive order claiming that the Smithsonian is bogus, it seems plausible this is just part of an att
by saghm 1y ago
Given that the current administration literally issued an executive order claiming that the Smithsonian is bogus, it seems plausible this is just part of an attempt to diminish its stature: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/ https://www.npr.org/2025/03/
Not long ago it would have been hard for me to imagine a president having a vendetta against specific museums, but given how transparent the executive order is, the only question is whether he's petty enough to try to do something like this. Unfortunately I think it's pretty clear from past precedent that this is pretty plausible.
- water-data-dude 1y agoThe current administration is trying to emphasize certain parts of our history and diminish others. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say it's something along the lines of "this was something the public sector did with taxpayer money that advanced science. We should deemphasize anything positive that came out of it because it casts public sector projects and science in a good light"