# Biden Not Airbrushed Yet > Trump's history rewrite plan faces backlash. - Title: Biden Not Airbrushed Yet · Chicago Sun-Times | Shortify - Summary: Trump's history rewrite plan faces backlash. Trump administration plans to add ideological bias warnings at Smithsonian, but critics say it's a pattern of… - Keywords: trump, smithsonian, ideological bias, history, us government, national museum, white house, biden, history rewrite, smi, president trump, national museum of american history - Source: Chicago Sun-Times — https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/09/20/donald-trump-joe-biden-history-leadereship-steinberg - Published: 2026-09-20T16:20:46.297+00:00 - Read time: 1 min - Topics: trump, smithsonian, ideological bias, history, us government, national museum, white house, biden, history rewrite, smi, president trump, national museum of american history ## Trump's history rewrite Trump administration plans warning signs at Smithsonian for ideological bias. > The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to comply with President Donald Trump’s order to install signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History that would warn visitors about what the White House has called ideological bias in the institution’s presentation of the nation’s past. ## History of erasing names Tyrants airbrush opponents from history since Ramses II. > From Ramses II, chiseling his name onto the tombs of the previous pharaohs, including his own father, Seti. ## Stalin's photo edits Stalin removed opponents from historical photos. > To Stalin airbrushing opponents out of historical photos. ## Trump's cultural attacks Trump wants Kennedy Center renamed after him. > Our president bent on tearing down the Kennedy Center if his name can’t be emblazoned on it ## German far right rise AfD party pushes prewar German history in elections. > The Alternative for Germany, 'Alternative for Germany,' or AfD, a far right party dusting off the Foreigners = Bad Strategy so popular there in the '30s, shocked that nation earlier this month with a strong election showing in a small state in the former East Germany. ## Germany's history denial Germany pushes prewar history over Nazi past. > The party’s election platform pledged to push artistic institutions to celebrate prewar German history, break from the influences of multiculturalism and end Germany’s 'guilt complex' about the country’s Nazi past. ## Tiger cub analogy Germany throws away books like tiger owners. > It’s like the Germans brought a tiger cub home and immediately went around the house, throwing away certain books, 'Tips for Not Being Mauled by Tigers' and 'First Aid for Tiger Owners' and such. ## Trump's history rewrite Trump wants Smithsonian to show his greatness. > This whole putting-your-name-on-everything hustle is a play right out of the ancient tyrant playbook. ## History of failure Hitler and Mao failed due to history. > Didn’t end well for Hitler. Despots, surrounded by yes men, make awful blunders. Mao’s Communists remained in power, so got to write their history. ## Trump's current leadership Trump leadership lacks historical context. > Like right now, when our leadership is in the clutches a crybaby who spends his day clutching at glory no rational history nor decent populace would afford him. ## Historical consequences Trump's actions risk national division. > A blizzard of government snowflakes trying to avoid the ray of the sun that will, please God, someday melt them away. ## What happens next Historical backlash likely. > Squashing history is what totalitarians do. And budding totalitarians. ## History lesson History warns against rewriting. > We see how hatred blows back in the face of the hater. The old adage 'hatred is taking poison and expecting someone else to die,' is true, and on a national scale, multiplies. ## Biden's position Biden not airbrushed yet. > At least Joe Biden isn't being airbrushed away, yet ## Key takeaway Trump administration plans to add ideological bias warnings at Smithsonian, but critics say it's a pattern of erasing history.