Because it is in a state run by the party out of power, and a state run by the party in power wants it.

Udvar-Hazy, the hangar museum where the Smithsonian stores the big stuff, is in Virginia. The governor of Virginia is a Republican.

But both senators are Democrats, and it nearly always goes for the Democrats at the Presidential level. (Not always, but when it doesn't, it's always such a sweep that it doesn't matter.)

Because the Republicans are carving up our nation and offering it to the highest bidder—or in this case, bribery for votes. That’s the government we have now. This is what has become of the former leader of the free world.

I don’t see how that applies to this situation at all

It is why the space shuttle is being moved from the Smithsonian—it got Trump some votes for his Big Beautiful Bill.

To own the libs.