{"id":19877,"date":"2025-07-08T23:38:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T23:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=19877"},"modified":"2025-07-08T23:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T23:38:23","slug":"trump-fires-national-portrait-gallery-director-for-being-strong-supporter-of-dei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=19877","title":{"rendered":"Trump Fires National Portrait Gallery Director For Being \u2018Strong Supporter\u2019 Of DEI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump dismissed Kim Sajet, the Director of the National Portrait Gallery, due to her strong advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).<\/p><div class=\"votbb69f5a342d7d43\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.votbb69f5a342d7d43 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.votbb69f5a342d7d43 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.votbb69f5a342d7d43 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.votbb69f5a342d7d43 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.votbb69f5a342d7d43 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<p>\u201cFollowing the requests and recommendations of numerous individuals, I am officially terminating Kim Sajet\u2019s employment as Director of the National Portrait Gallery. She is excessively partisan and a staunch supporter of DEI, which is entirely unsuitable for her role. A successor will be announced soon. Thank you for your attention to this issue!\u201d Trump stated in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<p>The White House also highlighted one of the gallery\u2019s photographs of Trump, which was curated by Sajet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<p>The photograph\u2019s caption states, \u201cImpeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, he was acquitted by the Senate in both trials. After losing to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump made a historic comeback in the 2024 election. He is the only president besides Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) to have won a nonconsecutive second term.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<div class=\"ob-smartfeed-wrapper feedIdx-0\">\n<div id=\"outbrain_widget_0\" class=\"OUTBRAIN\" data-widget-id=\"SMP_DT_IA\" data-ob-mark=\"true\" data-browser=\"chrome\" data-os=\"win32\" data-dynload=\"\" data-idx=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ob-widget ob-feed-layout SMP_DT_IA\">\n<div class=\"ob-widget-header\">\n<p>A White House official remarked on the irony of Sajet\u2019s statement, \u201cWe strive not to editorialize. I do not want readers to infer the curator\u2019s opinion from the label. I want someone reading the label to recognize that it is grounded in historical fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On November 4, Sajet spoke at the National Portrait Museum\u2019s Richardson Symposium: Racial Masquerade in American Art and Culture, where she mentioned that she dedicated much of her time to \u201cidentity politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica has never succeeded in dissociating a person\u2019s appearance from their potential. Our history is replete, and continues to be, with instances of hatred, discrimination, fear, and alienation,\u201d Sajet remarked during her address.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump dismissed Kim Sajet, the Director of the National Portrait Gallery, due to her strong advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).<\/p>\n<p>Sajet recounted an experience from December 7, 1972, when she suddenly sensed that the world was on the verge of uniting to overcome petty differences, contemplating the broader implications of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>On that day, astronaut Jack Schmidt of Apollo 17 captured a photograph of Earth, which he famously named the \u201cBlue Marble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat utopian vision seems incredibly distant today, especially in the alarming aftermath of the most uncivil, distrustful, racially insensitive, sexually exploitative, factually misleading, digitally manipulated, secretive, and inflammatory election in modern history,\u201d Sajet remarked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Portrait Gallery, as I have previously stated, focuses on identity politics, whether it involves defending the label text that describes President Eisenhower as cautious regarding civil rights, explaining why only 25% of women were historically deemed influential, or taking a firm stance on whether to allow the removal of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, from the Smithsonian, or even detailing the rationale behind showcasing the portrait of Sylvia Rivera, the transgender activist, in the galleries,\u201d Sajet further elaborated during the same address.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after taking the Oath of Office on Inauguration Day, January 20, Trump enacted an executive order aimed at abolishing all DEI programs within the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Trump\u2019s administration also terminated the nation\u2019s leading copyright official just days following the dismissal of the Librarian of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Shira Perlmutter, who headed the U.S. Copyright Office\u2014an agency under the Library of Congress\u2014was unexpectedly let go.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Copyright Office notified the media that Perlmutter had received an email from the White House, which stated, \u201cYour position as the Register of Copyrights and Director at the U.S. Copyright Office is terminated, effective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few days earlier, Trump terminated Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. This dismissal was perceived as a component of the administration\u2019s wider initiative to substitute officials deemed uncooperative with Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump dismissed Kim Sajet, the Director of the National Portrait Gallery, due to her strong advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). \u201cFollowing the requests and recommendations of numerous individuals, I am officially terminating Kim Sajet\u2019s employment as Director of the National Portrait Gallery. 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