NPR Suddenly Tries (but fails) to Show Objectivity About Monuments
Trump wants to restore statues and monuments. Will that happen?
Trump wants to restore statues and monuments. Will that happen?
(NPR) – President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at “restoring truth and sanity to American history” – decrying what the order characterized as efforts to “undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States by casting its founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light.”
The order calls for the removal of “divisive race-centered ideology” from the Smithsonian’s museums and research centers. It also calls on the Secretary of the Interior to restore public monuments, statues and other markers that have been removed or changed since 2020. But it’s unclear how many sites — and which ones — will be affected by the executive order.
President Trump has called on the interior secretary to determine whether any memorials, statues, markers or properties that fall within the Department of the Interior’s jurisdiction “have been removed or changed to perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history, inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures, or include any other improper partisan ideology” since Jan. 1, 2020, more than a year before Trump left office in his first term. If so, the executive order calls on the department to reinstate any such statues or monuments. The Department of the Interior includes the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and nine other bureaus.
The order also directs the…
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