"When his country went to war with Eurasia, he was obliged to change any references to that nation as an ally and portray it as the enemy. When the tables turned and the adversary became Eastasia, he had to do the same in reverse. George Orwell's 1984 presents this story as a critical allegory of governments that seek to bend facts to their convenience."
"Since assuming the presidency for a second time, he has launched a cultural offensive that historian Paul Josephson provocatively compares to some of the practices employed by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. For Trump, one of his country's greatest problems is that it has strayed from its glorious past due to the progressive leaders who preceded him. Therefore, he has set out to end the supposed dishonorable campaigns that, in his view, sought to tarnish the nation's greatness by questioning its history."
Winston Smith's role at the Ministry of Truth was to rewrite history to serve the Party, replacing allies with enemies as dictated by shifting wartime alliances. The same impulse to manipulate the past is attributed to Donald Trump, who after returning to the presidency initiated a cultural offensive that includes dismissing cultural institution directors, claiming responsibility for the Kennedy Center, and ordering a Smithsonian review to realign historical narratives with his vision. Trump frames current efforts as reclaiming a betrayed glorious past, positioning himself and supporters as the rightful inheritors of the Founding Fathers ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary.
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