CNN reporter Kristen Holmes was taken aback by President Donald Trump's angry Truth Social rant against the Smithsonian on Tuesday.

In the new tirade, Trump raged that "The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future."

"Kristen, the president on social media, just escalated his attacks against the Smithsonian," said anchor Boris Sanchez. "Of course, he's ordered a review of everything inside these museums in Washington, D.C. What is Trump saying?"

"Yeah, and just a reminder to our viewers, he ordered this review," Holmes noted. "The White House said that this was an order to make sure that our historical museums, the U.S. historical museums, were aligned, essentially, with the Trump agenda. But then he put out this post, and it's not surprising because he uses the word 'woke.' But there are certainly elements of it that I think many people will take issue with."

Regarding Trump's post, she continued, "I think it's probably clear from here that the part that many people might take issue with is the idea that the Smithsonian is somehow saying how bad slavery is, when slavery was a very dark part of the United States' history. It also appears from this that he wants to take out reference to slavery, or to use the word, 'how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been,' which is not entirely clear what that means."

"But these museums do exist in order to tell the story of the United States and of America, and of our history and culture, and the tragedy of slavery is certainly a part of that," she added. "This is really exactly what people were concerned about when they first heard about this review, that it would somehow remove critical parts of American history. Of course, if he is talking about removing reference to slavery, that would fall right into that category."

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