What is driving all the venom against the arts — especially considering the small governmental cost of supporting the arts in America? The Trump administration has launched an unprecedented attack on the arts. President Trump has called for eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts and the federal institute that funds museums across the country. He has targeted key Washington, D.C., institutions for aggressive oversight, from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to the Smithsonian Institution. And he has signed an executive order to stop federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. Museums,...