Trump Demands ‘Strange Modernist’ Sculpture Be Replaced by George Washington Statue

President Donald Trump has released his latest list of demands for the Smithsonian Institution, beginning with the installation of a monumental statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History.In a flurry of Truth Social posts late Friday, Trump also called for an exhibition honoring the nation’s first president to open imminently and run through February 22, 2032, the 300th anniversary of Washington’s birth. The statue, Trump said, should be erected on Sep