Trump announces he's firing 'highly partisan' art director from Smithsonian [View all]
Source: Raw Story
President Donald Trump announced the firing of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery director.
The president terminated Kim Sajet from the post she's held since 2013, saying the Nigerian-born, Australia-raised Dutch citizen was too in thrall to the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion to oversee the museum's collection of about 26,000 objects that draws about 2 million yearly visitors.
"Upon the request and recommendation of many people, I am herby terminating the employment of Kim Sajet as Director of the National Portrait Gallery," Trump posted Friday afternoon on his social site, Truth Social. "She is a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of DEI, which is totally inappropriate for her position. Her replacement will be named shortly. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/kim-sajet-smithsonian-firing/
"of many people" is Trump-speak for "one." In the case of purchasing Greenland, that person was billionaire businessman Ronald Lauder.
Before her appointment by the Smithsonian's executive leadership (no Senate confirmation required), Kim Sajet had extensive experience in arts management, including serving as president and CEO of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and holding leadership positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
In other words, she was an intelligent and accomplished woman, ergo a threat to TACO's fragile ego, and she had to be fired. I imagine she'll be replaced by a MAGA man who can't spell "art" and will replace works deemed too DEI with Norman Rockwell paintings.
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