US President Donald Trumpsaid on Friday (30) that dismissed Kim Sajet, the director Museum National Portrait Gallery, located em Washington, DC.
The republican described it as a supporter of and as someone inadequateand for or position.
Trump did not cite any specific action or comment from Sajet that may have motivated the dismissal, which was announcedand in a brief publication on social networks.
Sajet representatives, and National Portrait Gallery e and Smithsonian Institution, owner of the museum, did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
“On request and recommendedandmany people, I am here to terminate Kim Sajet’s employment contract, “he wrote Trump in a publication on the social truth. “She is a highly party person and a strong defender and Dei, which is totally inappropriate for her position. “
Trump He added that a new gallery director would be appointed soon.
Sajet was the first woman to run the museum, a historic Washington institution that houses portraits of illustrious Americans, including all presidents.
The collection contains more than 26,000 works, including painter Leonardo da Vinci, according to the official website.
It was not immediately clear if Trump had authorandLegal to fire Sajet.
The Smithsonian institution that organizes a museum complex is technically independent of the federal government, despite receiving most of the US Congress budget.
The resignation of the director is the action and most recent war of
This occurs at a time when Trump seeks to reshape the artistic and cultural scenario and capital, inclusive
The actions of the US President in relation to Dei alarmed the defenders of the initiatives, who claim that they of progress won hard in the leveling of VI conditionsand Para Municipalitiesandmarginalizaands.
The government Trump It claims that Dei’s initiatives are discriminatory and delete the merit.
Sajet, an art historian was bornand In Nigeria, it acts as director and Gallery since 2013.
In an interview with the Washington Post 2015, she reflected on the museum’s efforts to examine race and gender issues.
“Where are theyandAre women and African Americans? “Sajet told the post about the museum’s collection.
“We cannot correct the evils and history. Women, men and women in color – their portraits were not taken. How we will show the presence and absence?”
