Donald Trump has now directed the federal government to cut funding to libraries across the country, and has signed an illegal executive order deliberately overstepping the powers of the president to begin the dismantling of the Department of Education. On March 15th the American Library Association released a statement in response to what they describe as, the “White House assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services.” In the statement these librarians who serve all of our communities describe how Trump is trying to eliminate the entire Institute, which helps fund both libraries and museums around the country.
They write: