Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Five Fronts in Trump’s Culture War
The New York Times: In his first term, President Trump took issue with some actors, arts funding and the media. In his second, he has hit the accelerator. Changing what Americans see and hear at their national museums, their performance spaces and on television is now at the core of his agenda. Mr. Trump views it as an effort to return to a lost vision of national greatness, one that seeks to “remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage.” Critics regard it as a nostalgic, reductive whitewashing. Here are five areas where the Trump administration has tried to reshape American culture.
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A hallmark of fascist regimes over the course of history has been the effort by the state to control arts and media. Museums, architecture, TV, and theater are all mediums of free expression that, for a totalitarian regime, become liabilities for resistance messaging. Revising the historical narrative, and then controlling the narrative that is currently evolving, is the most important tactic for maintaining in control of people in a fascist regime and silencing dissenting voices. As the attack on media and culture continues to evolve in this country, its important to recognize what you’re looking at and recognize propaganda. Its also important to know who made what you’re looking at, who funded it, and who it is meant for. In a similar vein, I think its incredibly important that individuals keep creating independently and collaborating within their communities. It is very important that independent art continue to be created a shared, so that propagandized and controlled media does not become the only voice.
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