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Kiss the Smithsonian goodbye... (Original Post) Blue_Tires Jul 2019 OP
The staff have to be puking. irisblue Jul 2019 #1
He's probably never been to the Smithsonian milestogo Jul 2019 #2
Well, he will have to answer to the Smithsonian Director and the Board of Regents hlthe2b Jul 2019 #3
I sure hope you're right. wryter2000 Jul 2019 #7
yet more fascist anti-intellectualism Thomas Hurt Jul 2019 #4
He's gonna "Make the Smithsonian Great Again!" LakeArenal Jul 2019 #5
Are you sure Ohiogal Jul 2019 #6
he's going to dismantle it, get rid of displays he objects to Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #8
It's awful and he's awful (and completely unqualified) BUT MBS Jul 2019 #9
as long as he doesn't.. stillcool Jul 2019 #10

hlthe2b

(102,119 posts)
3. Well, he will have to answer to the Smithsonian Director and the Board of Regents
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 04:23 PM
Jul 2019

so I'm not so sure he'll be much more than a wasted position for which taxpayers have to pay.

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
7. I sure hope you're right.
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 04:50 PM
Jul 2019

And maybe this means he's out of politics for good.

The one and only good thing Trump ever did was ending the presidential aspirations of Scott Walker and Chris Christie.

LakeArenal

(28,802 posts)
5. He's gonna "Make the Smithsonian Great Again!"
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 04:28 PM
Jul 2019

I really hate him. Ryan, too.
Grothman, ditto. Johnson, for sure.

Oh well. I could go on ...But why ponder evil.

MBS

(9,688 posts)
9. It's awful and he's awful (and completely unqualified) BUT
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 05:09 PM
Jul 2019

the appointment is to the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson Center (part of the Smithsonian) not the entire Smithsonian (thank God)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson_International_Center_for_Scholars

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