Aug. 20, 2025

Trump Fights Museums, and Oklahoma Flunks the Constitution

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Donald Trump is furious that museums dare to talk about slavery, calling the Smithsonian “OUT OF CONTROL” and demanding more exhibits about “Success” and “Brightness.” Meanwhile, Oklahoma unveils a fifty-question anti-woke purity test for teachers that was cooked up by PragerU—because nothing says academic rigor like a quiz your uncle found on Facebook.
Also: why Trump’s idea of “helping” Ukraine is basically cheerleading from 30,000 feet, and how one multiple-choice test thinks “In God We Trust” is in the Constitution. It’s a real day in America, folks.

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Kalaruga Shark media from Washington, d C. Capital of the

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hottest country in the world. This is valid and wait

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until you hear about a teacher test. I don't think

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I can pass. Let's hit this. I'm Patrick Gutfield and

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Vladimir Putin has become the world's most wanted man, and

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not in the fun way. The International Criminal Court issued

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a warrant for his arrest back in March of twenty

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twenty three for war crimes, specifically the forced relocation of

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Ukrainian children. So now Putin's travel options are more limited

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than a college student spring break budget. One hundred and

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twenty five countries are obligated to arrest him if he

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shows up. That's a lot of places Putin can't visit anymore.

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His travel agent must be having the worst time, So Vlad,

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how about Paris? No Rome? Also? No? Okay? How do

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you feel about Bella? US? The map of countries where

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Putin can safely travel looks like someone played connect the

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dots with the world's most questionable vacation destinations Belarus, Katar,

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Saudi Arabia, basically anywhere you wouldn't want to get your

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passport stamped, but here's the kicker. Trump was able to

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host Putin in Alaska last week because the United States

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isn't a member of the International Criminal Court, so Alaska

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has become the world's most awkward neutral territory. Other countries

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Putin can visit include China, India, Thailand, and Singapore, so

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he's basically limited to places where the food is great

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but the human rights records are complicated. Hungary is actually

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withdrawing from the Court next June, which means they're essentially saying,

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you know what, we'd like to keep our options open

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for hosting war criminals. That withdrawal becomes official on June second,

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So mark your calendars for international make Hungry available for

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dictator visits day. Putin's basically playing the world's worst version

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of Carmen San Diego. Donald Trump promised that the US

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won't send troops to Ukrae, giving what he called his

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assurance to Fox News, he said, I'm president, and I'm

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just trying to stop people from being killed. And if

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Trump doesn't always keep his promises, then how do you

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explain the completed southern border wall that Mexico paid for.

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Trump suggested that Ukraine's European allies like France, Germany and

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the United Kingdom would front load the security. Instead front load.

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That's business speak for you guys handle the messy part

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while we watch from a safe distance. Trump did say

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the US would help, probably if you talk about by air,

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which sounds like he's offering to provide technical support from

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thirty thousand feet. Air support without the ground support is

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like offering to help someone move but only carrying the

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throw pillows. So the plan appears to be Europe provides

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the troops, America provides the moral support. Aerial commentary think

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of US as your very supportive friend who cheers you

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on from the parking lot during your bar fight. Donald

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Trump has discovered museums exist, and he's not happy about it.

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The president posted on truth Social that the Smithsonian and

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museums across the country are out of control, which is

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quite an accusation for buildings where the most dangerous thing

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is usually a velvet rope. Trump's main complaint museums are

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talking about slavery. Apparently he feels like museums are being

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too negative by mentioning that whole owning people chapter of

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American history. He wants more exhibits about success and brightness,

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which sounds less like a museum and more like a

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motivational poster from nineteen eighty five. The President said he's

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instructed his attorneys to review museums the same way they've

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been reviewing colleges and universities. So basically, lawyers are going

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to walk through the Natural History Museum going this dinosaur

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exhibit is very anti asteroid. Where's the balance? But here's

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the best part. Trump ended his rant by saying, woke broke,

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and that we have the hottest country in the world.

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Un bite. I'm not sure if he means attractive or

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temperature wise, but given climate change, both might be accurate.

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NBC reported that the White House is already examining Smithsonian

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exhibits to make sure they matched Trump's view of history.

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So get ready for the new American History Museum, where

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the Civil War was actually about states rights to have

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really passionate disagreements, and the Trail of Tears was just

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a very long nature walk. I can already see the

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new exhibit titles like Native Americans. They probably wanted to

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move anyway. The gift shop will sell nothing but red

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hats and books, where all the difficult parts have been

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wided out. Meanwhile, Oklahoma's got a new screening test for

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teachers from New York and California, and they're calling it

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an anti Woken doctrinator Exam Superintendent Ryan Walls announced this

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fifty question test that teachers have to pass with a

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perfect score all fifty questions correct or you're out. The

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test was developed by Proger University, which sounds like a

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real university until you realize it's about as much of

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a university as Trump University was. They specialize in educational

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videos that make your conservative uncle's Facebook posts look like

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peer reviewed research. Now, the sample questions they've released are fascinating.

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Question one, what are the first three words of the Constitution?

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And one of the multiple choice answers is in God

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we trust. That's not even close. That's like asking what's

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the capital of France and offering Hamburger as an option.

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Hopefully they don't ask to spell Oklahoma because I almost

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always start with Oak. But my absolute favorite detail is

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that the state Education Board doesn't even get to review

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the test before it's implemented. One board member said it

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sounds like we're on the edge, which in Oklahoma politics

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apparently counts as fierce opposition. Portions of today's program were

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made with the help of AI