Trump removed from Smithsonian impeachment exhibit after ‘pressure’ from White House

The National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian removed all mentions of President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from one of its exhibits, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

Citing a source familiar with the museum’s plan, the publication reported that the decision resulted from a content review that the Smithsonian undertook after receiving “pressure” from the White House to remove a museum director.

According to the report, Smithsonian officials said that the temporary label referencing Trump’s impeachments had been put in place in September 2021 at the Washington museum as a stopgap measure intended to reflect current events. They added that it has now been replaced with wording stating that “only three presidents have seriously faced removal.”

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That temporary signage read “Case under redesign (history happens).”

It offered context not just on Trump’s two impeachments but also on those of former Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, as well as Richard M. Nixon, who would likely have been impeached had he not resigned. 57 senators — including six Republicans — voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial in 2021 (67 votes were needed for a conviction).

A Smithsonian spokesperson told The Post that the exhibit has now reverted to its presentation as it stood in 2008.

The spokesperson explained: “In reviewing our legacy content recently, it became clear that the ‘Limits of Presidential Power’ section in The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden exhibition needed to be addressed.”

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They noted that the exhibit covers Congress, the Supreme Court, impeachment, and public opinion, and since the other parts of this section hadn’t been updated since 2008, they “decision was made to restore the Impeachment case back to its 2008 appearance.”

“The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden” opened in 2000 and was assembled by a curatorial team including Spencer Crew, Harry Rubenstein, and Lonnie G. Bunch III, who is now the Secretary of the Smithsonian.

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