{"id":2441091,"date":"2025-05-30T17:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smithsonian-portrait-gallery-director-fired-for-promotion-of-dei\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T17:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:59:00","slug":"smithsonian-portrait-gallery-director-fired-for-promotion-of-dei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smithsonian-portrait-gallery-director-fired-for-promotion-of-dei\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Portrait Gallery Director fired for promotion of DEI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmithsonian-portrait-gallery-director-fired-for-promotion-of-dei%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2441091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The National Portrait Gallery&#8217;s Director, Kim Sajet, was dismissed by President Donald Trump due to her support for diversity, equity, adn inclusion (DEI) initiatives, which he deemed inappropriate for her role.Trump announced her firing in a Truth Social post, citing recommendations from others for her removal. Even though the Smithsonian is not directly governed by the Executive Branch, trump&#8217;s decision reflects a broader effort to eliminate DEI programs across federal institutions. Sajet, who had led the gallery since 2013 and aimed to diversify its exhibits, highlighted the complexities of identity shaped by various <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >socio-political factors<\/a>. Trump&#8217;s management had previously dismantled Biden-era DEI policies, further solidifying his stance against such initiatives.The National Portrait Gallery, established in 1962, features over 23,000 items, including portraits of every U.S. president.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Smithsonian Portrait Gallery Director fired for promotion of DEI<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2109781\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced on Friday that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-with-roles-on-law-order-svu-and-blue-bloods-indicted-for-murder\/\" title=\"Actor With Roles On \u2018Law &amp; Order: SVU\u2019 And \u2018Blue Bloods\u2019 Indicted For Murder\">fired&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/smithsonian-institution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Portrait Gallery<\/a>&nbsp;Director Kim Sajet for being &ldquo;a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEI<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a Truth Social post, Trump said several others had requested or recommended Sajet&rsquo;s removal and that her support for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives was &ldquo;totally inappropriate for her position.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3426954\/jeffrey-epstein-obsession-prompts-maga-turn-on-kash-patel-dan-bongino\/\">Jeffrey Epstein obsession prompts MAGA to turn on Kash Patel and Dan Bongino<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3427250\/elon-musk-black-eye-trump-press-conference-oval-office\/\">Musk seen with black eye at Trump press conference, blames his son X<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3426880\/indicted-milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-absolute-immunity-obstruction-charges\/\">Indicted Milwaukee judge claims &#8216;absolute immunity&#8217; in bid to dismiss obstruction charges<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s move to fire Sajet, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kudlow-trump-was-a-brilliant-consequential-president\/\" title=\"Kudlow: Trump Was a \u2018Brilliant, Consequential\u2019 ...\">named director<\/a> in 2013, has been called into question as the Smithsonian is not under the Executive Branch&rsquo;s jurisdiction. According to the institution, the Smithsonian is a public-private partnership, with the government covering about 62% of its expenses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sajet, the first woman in her former role, was born in Nigeria, raised in Australia, and is a citizen of the Netherlands, according to her <a href=\"https:\/\/npg.si.edu\/staff\/kim-sajet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">bio on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1870s-artists-who-bucked-the-establishment-left-an-impression\/\" title=\"1870s Artists Who Bucked The Establishment Left An &#039;Impression&#039;\">gallery&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bio characterizes Sajet as someone who attempted to diversify the gallery, adding that it was &ldquo;not just a place to see famous Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The museum explores identity as a social construct that has been shaped in equal measure by opportunity and ability, prejudice and fear,&rdquo; her bio says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sajet&rsquo;s removal is part of Trump&rsquo;s larger initiative to shutter all DEI initiatives, which he called &ldquo;radical and wasteful.&rdquo; Trump rescinded several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">former President Joe Biden-era policies<\/a> on his first day in office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-football-analogy-to-explain-democrats-election-cheating\/\" title=\"A Football Analogy to Explain Democrats&#039; Election Cheating\">entire federal government<\/a>,&rdquo; Trump said in March.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3407031\/customs-border-protection-employees-told-no-dei-terms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION EMPLOYEES TOLD NOT TO USE DEI TERMS\">US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION EMPLOYEES TOLD NOT TO USE DEI TERMS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden previously mandated the government to enhance its ability to hire underrepresented groups and collect data during a five-year DEI initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The National Portrait Gallery was established by Congress in 1962 and includes a portrait of every president, although it hosts over 23,000 items.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2109781\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2109781\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smithsonian Portrait Gallery Director dismissed for DEI support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3821,"featured_media":2441092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kim-Sajet-Fired.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16574,6350,51272,56247,17565],"class_list":["post-2441091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dei","tag-director","tag-diversity-2","tag-portrait-gallery","tag-smithsonian"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kim-Sajet-Fired.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3821"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441091"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441095,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441091\/revisions\/2441095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}