Trump fires historians who wrote nonpartisan accounts of US foreign policy

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Trump fires historians who wrote nonpartisan accounts of US foreign policy

The Trump administration last month quietly fired members of the Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, a nonpartisan body tasked with publishing a record of U.S. foreign policy. “On behalf of President Donald Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position on the Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation is terminated effective immediately.…

These historians oversee unbiased accounts of U.S. foreign policy. Trump fired them all.

An advisory committee of historians helps ensure the record of America’s history remains unbiased, transparent and thorough. Trump just fired the entire panel.