Harvard Historian Responds to Trump’s Order Targeting the Smithsonian | Amanpour and Company (April 2, 2025)

Trump is targeting the Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum complex, with an executive order designed to eradicate what he calls “a divisive, race-centered ideology” at the institution. Civil rights groups are hitting back, saying Trump is “whitewashing” America’s complex and troubled past. Award-winning author and Harvard professor Tiya Miles joins the show to reflect on what this might mean for the future of the United States.

Originally aired on April 2, 2025