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The National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have long been in the cross hairs of conservative critics.

So let’s consider what would happen if Donald J. Trump as president finally made their dreams come true. Will Congress approve his plan to eliminate the full range of programs — from grants that have drawn criticism to those that have been more widely embraced?

Here is a tour of the debate that reignited this winter when The Hill newspaper reported that the Trump administration was considering eliminating the art and humanities agencies and defunding the nonprofit public broadcasting corporation as part of a wider program of federal budget cuts.

A raft of organizations immediately condemned the idea, including the Association of Art Museum Directors, the American Alliance of Museums, Americans for the Arts and PEN America. Others have long applauded any effort to strip the funds, suggesting, among other things, that public television and radio promoted agendas out of step with much of America.