He's passed number 100. Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump has signed an unprecedented number of executive orders. Some represent major ruptures, contested in court, such as the challenge to birthright citizenship. Others are identity markers or purely symbolic. In this whirlwind, the precise content of these official texts is often overlooked, as no one has the time to follow everything.

Signed on March 27, the order dedicated to the restoration of "truth and sanity to American history" is doubly worthy of attention. This order aims to take control of key cultural institutions in Washington, DC: the Smithsonian Institution, an institution founded in 1846, which today includes 21 free museums and a free zoo, around 20 libraries, and educational centers. On an ideological level, it confirms that the Trump 2 administration is taking new care to rewrite the national narrative, attacking programs and speech on racial discrimination and the promotion of diversity.

The order begins with an indictment. For years, the US has apparently been the victim of a "revisionist movement" that places the country's achievements and principles "in a negative light." According to the text, "our Nation's unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness is reconstructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed," an enterprise that is said to accentuate "societal divides" and impose "a sense of national shame."

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