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Smithsonian Drops Text About Trump’s Impeachments

Smithsonian Drops Text About Trump’s Impeachments

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines TRUMP, REDACTED. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery quietly removed wall text mentioning President Donald Trump’s two impeachments after putting a new portrait of him on display in its “America’s Presidents” exhibition, the New York Times reported. The original label pointed to several of Trump’s political accomplishments, including his appointment of three Supreme Court justices and what it called a “historic comeback in the 2024 election” after his loss to Joe Biden four years earlier. It also noted that Trump had been impeached twice, for abuse of power and for inciting an insurrection after the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The text added that he was acquitted by the Senate both times. That reference to the impeachments had reportedly been a sore spot for the Trump administration for years. It is not the first time that Trump has targeted the National Portrait Gallery in particular: he claimed last year that to have fired Kim Sajet, then the gallery’s director, who continued reporting to …

Trump Impeachments No Longer Mentioned in Smithsonian Exhibit

Trump Impeachments No Longer Mentioned in Smithsonian Exhibit

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has quietly removed wall text mentioning President Trump’s two impeachments after putting a new portrait of him on display in its “America’s Presidents” exhibition. The original label pointed to several of Trump’s political accomplishments, including his appointment of three Supreme Court justices and what it called a “historic comeback in the 2024 election” after his loss to Joe Biden four years earlier. It also noted that Trump had been impeached twice, for abuse of power and for inciting an insurrection after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. The text added that he was acquitted by the Senate both times. Related Articles That reference to the impeachments had reportedly been a sore spot for the Trump administration for years. After Trump announced last year that he was firing Kim Sajet, then the gallery’s director, the White House drew up a list of complaints accusing her of political bias. Included in that list, which was shared with The New York Times, was the impeachment language that has now been …