BREAKING: Trump Corrects Grave Historical Error by Signing Declaration over John Hancock

Robert S. McElvaine

Sep 07, 2025

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Editor’s Note: The following is a satirical piece about Donald Trump’s meddling in the Smithsonian’s affairs.

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Robert S. McElvaine

Author, historian, feminist, believer in democracy—placing current developments in historical context. Author of 11books. Current book project: “An Agreed-Upon Fiction—The creation of the ‘Inferior’ Sex: Hoe It Misshaped History & the Present.”