Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch to Retire Amid Trump Administration Pressure
Lonnie Bunch announced his retirement as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution following clashes with the Trump administration over the museum's independence and messaging. The departure marks a significant leadership change driven by political pressure on the cultural institution.
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Lonnie Bunch announces retirement following pressure from White House over how the museum complex portrays US history
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‘I have to be honest, it has been stressful,’ Lonnie Bunch III says The Smithsonian Institution’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, will retire at the end of the year amid Donald Trump’s attacks on the museum’s content and independence. Bunch, who was appointed in 2019 as the first African American to lead the museums, cited personal reasons for departing, while acknowledging the pressure that the president’s attacks on the Smithsonian’s depictions of US history had taken. Continue reading...
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Lonnie Bunch III announced his retirement from the Smithsonian Institution amid an escalating clash with the Trump administration over museum leadership.
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Lonnie Bunch says the decision has been made ‘with very mixed emotions’
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Lonnie Bunch, who has led the Smithsonian as its secretary for the past seven years, said that he will step down at the end of the year. His departure comes amid repeated criticism from the Trump administration over how the institution depicts and descrives historical events and figures. In an interview with The New York […]
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