# Trump gunning for the Smithsonian **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [March 28, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gunning-for-the-smithsonian/1016262 "2025-03-28T16:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gunning-for-the-smithsonian/1016262/21 "2025-08-13T18:05:31Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Since I am half white do I get to be 4/5? Depends on whether the other half is Martian. đź‘˝ ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gunning-for-the-smithsonian/1016262/22 "2025-08-13T18:50:55Z")
> [@TeroSunbear](#): > > I’ll be waiting to see what the Aryan cave man exhibit looks like at the natural history museum. Don’t bother. Cave men–Aryan or otherwise–aren’t in Genesis, so they’ll probably be a biblical creationist exhibit instead. It will be Trump’s “thank you” present to the fundamentalists for voting for him. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gunning-for-the-smithsonian/1016262/23 "2025-08-13T20:00:14Z")
> [@TeroSunbear](#): > > I’ll be waiting to see what the Aryan cave man exhibit looks like at the natural history museum. Smart dressers those Aryan cave men. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gunning-for-the-smithsonian/1016262/24 "2025-08-26T22:09:22Z")
When he installs the Golden Escalator at the Smithsonian, will it be a static exhibit or will commoners be able to actually use it? ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gunning-for-the-smithsonian/1016262/25 "2025-08-26T22:50:05Z")
We visited New York City in 1984, shortly after Trump Tower opened. We were curious about its shops and restaurants, some of which were on the second floor of the atrium. We headed to the escalator, where a security guard made us pause, looking at us carefully, before he let us pass. We didn’t know if he was considering whether we we wealthy enough (we weren’t), or if we were worthy of the honor of riding such a special escalator. We went up, looked around, and went right back down. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gunning-for-the-smithsonian/1016262/26 "2025-08-27T13:43:10Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > When he installs the Golden Escalator at the Smithsonian, will it be a static exhibit or will commoners be able to actually use it? It’ll jam halfway up, and it’ll all be Obama’s/Biden’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gunning-for-the-smithsonian/1016262/27 "2025-08-27T17:13:59Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > It’ll jam halfway up, and it’ll all be Obama’s/Biden’s fault. And the next Democratic President will fix it (but won’t get any credit for doing so). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gunning-for-the-smithsonian/1016262/28 "2025-08-28T11:16:26Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > According to the [One Drop Rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule), you’re either “white” or not. America has historically been intolerant even by racist standards. The one drop rule was a 20th Century thing, used in laws concerning interracial marriages. For slavery purposes a person was considered Black with as little as 1/32nd actual Black ancestry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gunning-for-the-smithsonian/1016262.md?page=1)