History, like any other form of reality, is an encumbrance for Trump, as for all Fascists. Their interest in history is usually confined to extrapolating a few nationalistic narrative lines that can be touted to justify aggression against purported enemies within or without.
Therefore, in Trumplandia, the National Endowment for the Humanities is a nuisance and must go.
Drew Gilpin Faust in The New York Time shines a light on some of the amazing projects funded by the NEH. These projects expand our knowledge, our perspective, our perception–everything that Trump and his Fascists don’t want U.S. citizens to do.