The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is a shell of its former self after the Washington, D.C., think tank landed in the crosshairs of the Trump administration’s government downsizing push.
The Wilson Center has canceled events, scaled back staff and is recalibrating after the the federally funded think tank was included on a list of government operations targeted for elimination by President Donald Trump earlier this year.
Now, a leaner version of the think tank — known for its energy and environment work — is planning for its future after the Trump administration directed it to shrink down to do only what the law requires. The center was established in 1968 by Congress as a tribute to the ideals of President Woodrow Wilson.
“In March, an executive order was issued that reduced the Wilson Center to its statutory minimum,” the Wilson Center’s President and CEO Natasha Jacome said in a video posted recently to the think tank’s website.
