Trump Fires Director of National Portrait Gallery for Partisanship, DEI Support

Trump fires director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

President Trump announced Friday that he was ousting Director Kim Sajet, calling her a "highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of DEI, which is totally inappropriate for her position."

Trump Says He’s Fired Director of National Portrait Gallery … Over ‘DEI’

President Donald Trump’s assault of the Smithsonian Institution and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives continued on Friday. The president announced on Truth Social that he was firing Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, and accused her of being “a highly partisan person.” “Upon the request and recommendation of many people, I am herby terminating the employment of Kim Sajet as Director of the N…

Trump fires director of National Portrait Gallery for partisanship, DEI support

President Trump is terminating the director of the National Portrait Gallery, he announced on Truth Social Friday.

Trump fires National Portrait Gallery director in latest conflict with arts

Move against Kim Sajet, gallery’s first female chief, comes as caption on Trump references impeachments and January 6Donald Trump says he is firing the first female director of the National Portrait Gallery, which contained a caption that referenced the attack on the US Capitol that his supporters carried out in early 2021.The president announced the sacking Friday through a post on his social media platform that accused Sajet – born in Nigeria,…

Donald Trump fires National Portrait Gallery director for being ‘strong supporter’ of DEI

Firing follows executive orders halting federal diversity and inclusion efforts under Trump administration.

Trump fires National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet - It was unclear if Trump can dismiss Smithsonian leaders. The termination of Kim Sajet marks the president’s first action against an institution he has vowed to purge of “anti-American ideology.”