President Donald Trump escalated his battle with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Friday, ordering signage outside the institution to flag what an executive order calls “inaccurate information” presented in its exhibits. The extraordinary directive comes amid intensifying Republican scrutiny of the Smithsonian branch, which was the subject of a recent 162-page report accusing its director, Anthea M. Hartig, of replacing “historical education” with “extreme political activism.” According to the order, the signage will tell visitors that the museum’s exhibits “should be renovated” to align with the report and direct them to locations where, in the administration’s view, American history is more accurately reflected. The administration did not specify which locations the signage would direct visitors to. Related Articles Trump’s order comes only days after Hartig faced two congressional hearings over alleged political bias in her museum’s curation and questions about her loyalty to the United States. Hartig, an explicit target of the White House report, rejected its central claims, defending the museum’s scholarship as “rigorous” and “fact-based” and saying it aims to tell …