Top Trump aide: Who really cares about slavery?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A senior White House official thinks the Smithsonian museums are way too caught up on that whole slavery thing.

During a Wednesday appearance on Fox News, White House senior associate Lindsey Halligan discussed President Donald Trump’s push to make the renowned museums parrot his racist, revisionist history of the United States. After conceding slavery was “awful,” she quickly pivoted to underplaying it and chastising the museum.

“What I saw when I was going through the museums personally was an overemphasis on slavery. And I think there should be more of an overemphasis on how far we've come since slavery,” Halligan said. “Our country is a country of progress, and it's the greatest country in the world. And we should be able to take our kids, our students, through the Smithsonian and feel proud when we leave. There's a lot of history to our country, both positive and negative. But we need to keep moving forward. We can't just keep focusing on the negative.”

Halligan's "Don't Worry Be Happy"-style monologue echoes her boss’ insane remarks on social media, criticizing the Smithsonian for being “WOKE” and overly focused on “how bad Slavery was.” In July, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History briefly scrubbed mentions of Trump’s first two impeachments from an exhibit on presidential impeachments and resignations, though it later added them back in a strongly modified form.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/20/2339391/-Top-Trump-aide-Who-really-cares-about-slavery

Apparently, this woman doesn't realize we can do both.

[rickyhall]

1. The Republicans have halted progress. They hate progress and she knows it. She's a liar.

[mdbl]

2. Anyone not in the top 1% of wealth in the U.S. should care

Since they are trying to make slaves out of everyone.

[mjvpi]

3. Well, being humble about our nation's achievements in light of.......

Slavery
Our treatment of our First Nations
Our issues with labor
General ongoing racism
Wealth inequality

In general is fairly logical. My kids high school used Howard Zion’s American History book. Making the reality of America match the hype takes vigilance and time.

[oberle]

4. Howard Zinn

[mjvpi]

7. Correct. My iPad keeps "correcting" me.

[Jimvanhise]

5. ANOTHER DIVERSION FOR THE NEW CYCLE

The Smithsonian has at least 200 exhibits. Two of them are about slavery. I'm sure Trump never visited the Smithsonian and I question whether his "special assistant" did more than just peek inside.

[Kid Berwyn]

6. She seems like an Epstein hire.

She was much younger then, of course.

[MineralMan]

8. Apparently, Lindsey is not aware of the millions of Americans

with ancestors who were enslaved people. They want their children to see history as it IS, not as blue-eyed blonde ladies see it. They also go to the Smithsonian museums. Educate yourself, Ms. Halligan. Open your eyes to the truth of our history. It might do you some good.

Grow up!