Vice President JD Vance will be in charge of removing “improper ideology” from all areas of the institution, which is partly funded by the US government, in what is being seen as Mr Trump’s latest culture wars attack.
Donald Trump has targeted America’s best-known museums and charged vice president JD Vance with removing “improper ideology” from the institutions.
The president has accused the Smithsonian Institution of promoting “corrosive ideology” as well as “divisive” and “race-centred” ideas.
He signed an executive order on Thursday tasking Mr Vance, who serves on the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents, with removing “improper ideology” from all areas of the institution, which is made up of 21 museums and the National Zoo.
The institution is partly funded by the US government.
It marks Mr Trump’s latest attack on US cultural institutions he believes are too liberal.
Mr Trump recently had himself installed as chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and replaced board members with political loyalists.
