His executive order faulted an exhibit which “promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct,” a widely held position in the scientific community.

US President Donald Trump accuses the Smithsonian Institution of propagating "divisive, race-based ideology" and issued an executive order demanding an end to federal funding for exhibitions and programs based on racial themes that "divide Americans.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” targets the Smithsonian Institution — which has, he contends, “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology.” Critics have pushed back, saying the order is an attempt to whitewash American history.