Trump's Smithsonian Order Linked to 'Fake Historian' David Barton
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President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the Smithsonian Museum of American History has been linked to David Barton, a prominent far-right activist and self-proclaimed historian with no formal training in history. Despite repeated debunking of his claims, Barton's work mirrors Trump's order, which requires signs discrediting exhibits as 'inaccurate' and anti-American. Both downplay slavery's severity, rehabilitate Christopher Columbus, and assert Christianity's influence on the founding fathers. Barton and his son Tim have hinted at involvement in the order's creation.
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