Donald Trump is mad at the ‘woke’ Smithsonian for telling people how bad slavery was – 24 brutal responses
Donald Trump has been leafing through the authoritarian playbook again, and he’s landed on the chapter that covers shutting down voices that tell a version of history you don’t want people to know.
In this case, it’s the 179-year-old Smithsonian Institution, who have been talking about *checks notes* slavery.
Let’s take a look at the Orange Man Baby’s rant.
Trump: The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was… We are not going to allow this to happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done… pic.twitter.com/DHGkGnCydJ
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 19, 2025
Things a museum shouldn’t talk about in Trumpland –
How bad slavery was,
How being downtrodden restricts people’s attainments,
Anything bad about the US.
Things a museum should talk about in Trumpland –
Success,
Brightness,
The future.
Okay. Got it. The internet, however, begged to differ.
1.
History is WOKE!
Facts are WOKE!
Museums are WOKE!
Democracy is WOKE!
Truth is WOKE!
Ignorance? NOT WOKE! https://t.co/bluE8wvQ6W
— @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social (@RepYvetteClarke) August 19, 2025
2.
Ummm…What were the good parts of slavery, MAGA? pic.twitter.com/oSNkXvWPib
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 19, 2025
3.
why doesn't the Smithsonian talk more about how the upsides of slavery? pic.twitter.com/zAS88teudv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 19, 2025
4.
I’d say unbelievable, but this is completely on brand and believable for Trump. https://t.co/0WphyPyJfg
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) August 19, 2025
5.
Whitewashing slavery & the genocide of Native Americans — and even sanitizing the Holocaust — is all part of the Trump/Project 2025 agenda…
As Orwell warned, totalitarian regimes create their own “history” and “truth” — and that’s explicitly what’s happening here.
— Orwell’s Ghost (@planterspunch7) August 19, 2025
6.
Trump sounds mad museums didn’t include a ‘slavery was actually jobs training’ section.
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) August 19, 2025
7.
Imagine walking into the Holocaust Museum and complaining it’s too negative. That’s the level we’re at… pic.twitter.com/qrjvvhkGZS
— DJL❤️ (@lovetoalltx15) August 19, 2025
8.
Somebody is very worried about the Epstein files coming out on Friday pic.twitter.com/9UPqkecIXP
— Tara Dublin, Rock Star Wordsmith & Podcast Host (@taradublinrocks) August 19, 2025
9.
I’m 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. ⁰⁰Trump has always had a complicated relationship with facts and the truth. https://t.co/XlMXnoSp4w
— Rep. Becca Balint (@RepBeccaB) August 19, 2025
10.
Slavery was bad. Apparently, this statement now triggers Trump and his fans.
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) August 19, 2025
11.
Trump's desperate attempt to whitewash slavery by attacking the Smithsonian as 'woke' exposes him as a cowardly history-denier afraid of America's ugly truths.
— Richard Angwin (@RichardAngwin) August 19, 2025
12.
it's called history, you stupid fuck
— sportsdummie (@sportsdummie) August 19, 2025