Presidents of both parties defended libraries as allies of democracy for a century – until Trump

An information science scholar analyzed statements by 17 presidents and found that Trump has rarely spoken of libraries at all – and when he has, he’s dismissed their importance.

一位信息科學教授梳理1923年以來17位美國總統的公開言論，發現歷任兩黨總統都把圖書館視為健康民主的前提，而特朗普卻極少談及圖書館，且一旦提及便加以貶低。文章還列舉了特朗普第二任期內削減圖書館資助、解散博物館與圖書館服務機構、解雇國會圖書館館長等具體行動。