Trump Administration Threatens to Cut Ties with Smithsonian Over Leadership Change

The Trump administration is threatening to end federal agency partnerships with the Smithsonian Institution unless its leadership changes, escalating a long-standing pressure campaign aimed at revising the organization's governance structure and ideology. The move aims to align the Smithsonian with conservative values. Several agencies, including the National Science Foundation and NASA, have already begun reevaluating their relationships with the museum. If no changes are made, some agencies may stop cooperating with the institution altogether.