White House gripes against Smithsonian come despite president’s past praise of museums like National Museum of African American History and Culture

Lindsey Halligan, the president's special assistant, told Fox News "we can’t just keep focusing on the negative."

The top Trump official tasked with reshaping the Smithsonian’s collections into a more conservative presentation argues that, based on her experience and expectations, the institution should place less emphasis on the painful chapters of American history and more on its achievements.