President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social account Friday that he is firing Kim Sajet, the Director of the National Portrait Gallery.

“Upon the request and recommendation of many people, I am hereby terminating the employment of Kim Sajet as Director of the National Portrait Gallery,” Trump wrote. “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.”

In a 2015 profile in the Washington Post, Sajet said she received criticism that the Smithsonian did not feature enough women and African American artists.

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