"I'm pretty horrified that we are living in a world where our president is trying to actively dismantle a lot of opportunities for people to be educated," says Wisconsin tourist Bri Marshall as she visits the US capital, Washington, DC, reacting to President Donald Trump's executive order to remove "improper ideology" from the famed Smithsonian Museums and the National Zoo. Fellow tourist Samantha McMinn, visiting from Pennsylvania, tells AFP she was "shocked" by the news. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES