Ivanka Trump took to her Twitter last week to applaud librarians and libraries during National Library Week. In March, President Donald Trump released his proposed budget for 2018, which would gut four independent cultural agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services (ILMS), The Washington Post reported. Cutting federal funding for the ILMS would be devastating for ― you guessed it ― state and local libraries across the U.S. Per The Hill:ILMS Director Dr. Kathryn Matthew notes that $214 million of the $230 million budget goes directly to grants to state and local libraries, including $155 million distributed through a population-based formula grant. So, when the first daughter tweeted about applauding librarians last week, she was not met with much praise.

Source: Huffington Post April 17, 2017 14:30 UTC