World News Live Updates: Trump fires National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet, slams DEI and ‘partisanship’
Donald Trump on Friday fired Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery, accusing her of being “highly partisan” and a “strong supporter of DEI”, which he called “totally inappropriate.”
Announcing the move on Truth Social, Trump said the decision follows recommendations from “many people.” Sajet’s dismissal marks the first action targeting the Smithsonian Institution after Trump pledged to purge cultural bodies of “divisive narratives.”
Sajet had led the gallery since 2013 and is a Dutch national raised in Australia.
