US EditionHead of Eisenhower library resigns after sword spat with Trump administration: Report
- Todd Arrington resigned from his position leading the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Kansas following a disagreement over the proposal to present an original Eisenhower sword as a gift to King Charles III during President Trump's state visit to the UK in September 2025.
- Arrington refused to release the original sword requested by the Trump administration because it was a donated artifact and federal property belonging to the American people.
- The Trump administration gave King Charles a replica of Eisenhower's West Point sabre, which Buckingham Palace said symbolized respect and the historic US-UK partnership in World War II.
- Arrington said he was pressured to resign or be fired, denied disparaging anyone, and told CBS News he would "return to this job in a heartbeat" if possible.
- Arrington’s departure reflects tensions between presidential libraries and the administration over artifact use, and the White House did not play a formal role in his removal.
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Todd Arrington left office on Monday, after opposing the Republican president, who wanted to present a sword from the Eisenhower Museum collection to the King of England.
Museum head ousted after Trump sword gift denial
What happenedThe director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library was forced out this week after declining to hand over a sword for President Donald Trump to give King Charles III during the president’s recent state visit to Britain, The New York Times reported Thursday. Todd Arrington — a longtime federal historian who had been at the Eisenhower library in Abilene, Kansas, for a year — told the State Department he was legally obligated…
Eisenhower Museum director resigns after refusing to hand over sword for King Charles III
The head of the Eisenhower Presidential Library was forced to resign this week. The resignation comes after he reportedly refused to give away a sword from the library's museum that the Trump administration wanted to gift to King Charles III. Ahead of Trump’s recent state visit to the U.K., the administration was looking for a symbolic gift for King Charles. Ultimately, the administration decided it wanted to gift the king a sword that Dwight D.…
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