Smithsonian American History Museum removes Trump's name from impeachment exhibit

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., has removed President Trump's name from its impeachment exhibit.

An unnamed source told The Washington Post that the museum made the change as part of a review that it agreed to after the White House pressured the Smithsonian to remove an art museum director.

The Smithsonian told the Post in a statement after the story was published that “a future and updated exhibit will include all impeachments.”

"In September 2021, the museum installed a temporary label on content concerning the impeachments of Donald J. Trump. It was intended to be a short-term measure to address current events at the time, however, the label remained in place until July 2025," a Smithsonian spokesperson said, Reuters reported.

The temporary label read, "Case under redesign (history happens)," and included information about the impeachments of former presidents Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998, in addition to Richard Nixon, who would have faced impeachment had he not resigned in 1974.

The spokesperson said that after a content review, the Smithsonian decided to restore the exhibit to its 2008 appearance.

The exhibit now says that “only three presidents have seriously faced removal.”

In March, Trump signed an executive order calling for "improper, divisive or anti-American ideology" to be removed from the Smithsonian.