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President Donald Trump escalated his battle for American culture with the Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday, ordering a broad review of the nation’s leading museums after blasting them on Truth Social as "the last remaining segment of WOKE." The move was also formalized in a White House letter released in a letter Aug. 12 to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch.

Trump’s post accused the Smithsonian as well as other museums nationwide of pushing narratives that disparage the U.S. rather than celebrate its achievements.

"The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of ‘WOKE,’" Trump wrote . "The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL … Nothing about Success, nothing abo

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