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‘Fake historian’ exposed as mastermind behind Trump’s Smithsonian obsession: report
Trump’s Smithsonian Attack Is Not About History. It’s About Capture.The Real Power Behind the OrderDonald Trump is not independently discovering a fresh theory of American history. He is borrowing one from David Barton, a Christian nationalist operator with no history degree, a long record of rejected claims, and a talent for laundering ideology into “heritage.”That matters because it shows how this works: an executive order does not emerge from neutral concern about accuracy. It is a political weapon built from a preexisting propaganda network. The White House is not correcting the…
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