Smithsonian Axes Exhibit on Trump’s Impeachments as NPR Backer Goes Belly-Up
3rd August 2025
Facing sharp scrutiny from the Trump administration over perceived left-wing bias, the Smithsonian Institution said Friday that it had temporarily removed a display on President Donald Trump’s two politically motivated impeachments.
The ultimate fate of the display remained uncertain for the foreseeable future, although a Smithsonian spokesperson maintained that the National Museum for American History’s exhibit on the American presidency eventually “will include all impeachments,” the Associated Press reported.
Smithsonian spokesman Phillip Zimmerman said the decision to restore the exhibit to its previous 2008 state stemmed from a need to update some of the details following a review in July of the museum’s “legacy content.”
The temporary installation on Trump that was added in September 2021 “was intended to be a short-term measure to address current events at the time,” he said.
Said ‘current events’ being the lawfare witch-hunt against Trump.