September 8, 2026

That’s What He Said.

The Smithsonian says goodbye to Lonnie Bunch. Trump takes his word for it.

Editorial cartoon outside the Smithsonian showing Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III carrying a retirement box as a reporter asks whether President Trump had anything to do with his retirement. Bunch replies, Absolutely not. Trump stands nearby wiping a hammer labeled Patriotic History and surrounded by props labeled funding threats, exhibit reviews, executive order, content corrections, and remove improper ideology. Trump says, That’s what he said.