President Donald Trump said on 19 August he has instructed his attorneys to conduct a nationwide review of museums, singling out the Smithsonian Institution in Washington as “out of control” for what he called an overly negative portrayal of U.S. history. Trump said the initiative will replicate the steps his administration claims to have taken against colleges and universities to curb what he describes as “woke” ideology. “No more money for them if they hate our country,” he added, asserting that museums are “the last remaining segment of ‘woke.’” The president did not detail the criteria or timetable for the review, stating only that his legal team would apply “the exact same process” used in higher education, where he said “tremendous progress has been made.” The Smithsonian and other museum organizations have not yet commented on the directive.