Trump asks Smithsonian to honor George Washington with statue
President Donald Trump on Friday urged the Smithsonian Institution to honor George Washington at its National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
TL;DR
- President Trump urged the Smithsonian Institution to honor George Washington.
- He requested a 30-foot "Washington Colossus" sculpture and an 11-foot statue of Washington.
- Trump suggested these tributes replace current abstract art at the National Museum of American History.
- The request is in anticipation of George Washington's 300th birthday in 2032.
- This follows Trump's previous criticisms of the Smithsonian for promoting "woke" ideology.
- Previous suggestions included pulling federal funding from the Smithsonian.
- Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch defended the institution's work as scholarly and accurate.