Out Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) slammed Donald Trump for saying that museums shouldnt discuss how bad Slavery was in an attempt to justify how he will be applying legal pressure on museums to rewrite history.Trump ranted about how Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are WOKE because they try to teach about history. He called out the Smithsonian museums in particular which his administration has been trying to control and said that everything discussed [in those museums] is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been. Related Donald Trump orders ideological purge of Smithsonian museums in new executive order Trump said that museums should instead talk about Success, Brightness, and the Future, even though history museums, by definition, focus on the past. Trump wrote that he has instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities, referring to how his administration has threatened to potentially illegally withhold funds from universities in order to force them to roll back internal policies on diversity, campus protests, and transgender students. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Congresswoman Balint, who taught middle school history and social studies for years, rebuked Trump for wanting to rewrite history.Im a former history teacher so let me make it clear that attempting to rewrite and white-wash museums will not change the truth about the past, Balint wrote on X in response. Trump has always had a complicated relationship with facts and the truth.Im a former history teacher so let me make it clear that attempting to rewrite and white-wash museums will not change the truth about the past. Trump has always had a complicated relationship with facts and the truth. https://t.co/XlMXnoSp4w Rep. Becca Balint (@RepBeccaB) August 19, 2025 Others pointed out that Trump is incorrect about the museums presenting historically marginalized communities as unaccomplished. RawStory pointed out that the National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C. makes it a point to hold up the abolitionist movement, the successes of civil rights, and celebrate those who continue to fight for equal rights.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.