CNN’s Abby Phillip responds to Trump’s attempts to downplay slavery

President Trump says one of the reasons for his crackdown on Smithsonian museums is “everything discussed is how bad slavery was.” Abby Phillip and the CNN NewsNight panel discuss this attempt to change the account of American history.

link: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/politics/video/cnns-abby-phillip-responds-to-trumps-attempts-to-downplay-slavery