Trump demands Smithsonian honor George Washington with new statue and exhibition

President Donald Trump has urged the Smithsonian Institution to honor George Washington at the National Museum of American History. As part of preparations for Washington's 300th birthday, Trump proposed replacing the abstract rotating stainless steel sculpture titled Infinity with a 30-foot-tall Washington Colossus. Trump described the current modernist piece as strange and claimed it inspires no one, suggesting the new statue and exhibition would better commemorate the first president of the United States.