White House report brands Smithsonian trans-inclusive content "radical ideology"
- Date
- Actor
- White House Domestic Policy Council (implementing EO 14253)
- Agency
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Type
- Data/communications (institutional review)
Summary
A 162-page Domestic Policy Council report ("Saving America's Story," released July 4, 2026) reviewing Smithsonian museums accused the National Museum of American History of "transgender activism," singling out the "Girlhood (It's Complicated)" exhibition (which profiles Jazz Jennings), references to transgender women as women, gender-fluidity content, and the museum's "refusal to correctly identify or define what a woman is." Smithsonian leadership (NMAH director Anthea Hartig) disputed the report as misleading and defended the museum's scholarship before Congress.
Status
Report stands as the administration's operative review; operationalized by the July 24, 2026 signage order (next item). (See also sections 12, 13.)
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White House report brands Smithsonian trans-inclusive content "radical ideology"
The White House, Saving America's Story: How Ideological Capture at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History Erases Our Heritage (July 4, 2026), https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Smithsonian-Report-Saving-Americas-Story.pdf.
Sources
- abcnews.com/Politics/scathing-report-white-house-accuses-smithsonian-presenting…(opens another site)
- abcnews.com/Politics/smithsonian-chief-disputes-scathing-white-house-report-acc…(opens another site)
- whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Smithsonian-Report-Saving-Americas-St…(opens another site)PDF, external
Cite this action
The White House, Saving America's Story: How Ideological Capture at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History Erases Our Heritage (July 4, 2026), https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Smithsonian-Report-Saving-Americas-Story.pdf.
Short form: The White House, Saving America's Story: How Ideological Capture at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History Erases Our Heritage (July 4, 2026), https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Smithsonian-Report-Saving-Americas-Story.pdf.