The Trump administration has directed employees at the nation’s parks to review all merchandise in gift shops for aspects of anti-American sentiment, according to documents reviewed by the Washington Post.

An executive order issued by President Donald Trump in March instructed staff at national parks to report any gift that “inappropriately disparages Americans past or living” or that includes “matters unrelated to the beauty, abundance or grandeur” of a natural feature in its description.

“Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology. This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive,” the order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” stated.

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