The Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum, education, and research complex with 21 museums, libraries, and even a zoo, is betraying its principal stakeholder: the American people.
The people elected President Donald Trump to be the chief executive of the country. His administration has repeatedly asked Secretary Lonnie Bunch III, the Smithsonian's leader, to furnish a number of materials in order to execute an audit to ensure the Smithsonian is not pushing a woke agenda, thereby degrading America's national identity, and to guarantee that the Smithsonian will play its part in this year's celebration of the semiquincentennial of America's founding.
So far, Bunch has given Trump bupkis, if not the middle finger.
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