Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install George Washington statues and exhibit
President Donald Trump posted on social media calling on the Smithsonian to install a large statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and create a special exhibit about the nation's first president. The request was made in late Friday night posts. No further developments have been reported.
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