The White House plans to conduct a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian Institution's museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary.

The list, published with the headline "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian," highlighted materials about topics such as race, slavery, immigration and transgender identity at seven museums.

Published on the White House website as an article called "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian," the list included some shows that the President had already decried, in

President Donald Trump has led an effort to purge diversity, equity and inclusion policies from the federal government and threatened to investigate companies and schools that adopt such policies.

Lindsey Halligan, the White House official leading a review of the Smithsonian Institution, argued you "can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you talk about hope and progress" during a Newsmax appearance on Wednesday.