President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he was shooting Kim Sagit, the director for a long time for the Smithsonian National Exhibition, as a “very party person and a strong supporter of Dei.”
This announcement, which was released on the social truth, comes at a time when Trump is pushing to reshape some of the highest national arts institutions related to its political agenda. In February, it is Many of the Kennedy Center Council rejected In order to appoint the Chairman of the Board. In March, it is Smithsonian targeted Through the issue Executive Demanding the end of the federal funding of exhibitions and programs based on racist topics that “divide the Americans”.
The National Photo Gallery did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday. It is not clear, as with many social media decrees in Trump, if the organization expects the latest procedure.
Sajit was appointed director in 2013 by Wayne Chloe, then Smithsonian Secretary. Sajit, the first woman to serve this role, came from the historical association in Pennsylvania, where she was president and president. Sajit, a Dutch citizen, was born in Nigeria and grew up in Australia.
In his social position, Trump said he ended Sagate “at the request and recommendation of many people.” He said that her support for diversity and integration “is not perfectly suitable for her position.” He promised to naming her alternative soon.
The National Photography Exhibition was established by Congress in 1962 and includes more than 26,000 objects, including pictures of all heads of the country. It participates in a building with the Smithsonian Museum of American Arts and attracts about one million visitors annually.
The exhibition contains a picture of Trump’s image taken by Matt Maccine in 2017, With comment He reads this, partly, “isolated twice, on charges of misuse of power and inciting the rebellion after the American supporters attacked the American on January 6, 2021, and it was acquitted by the Senate in both trials. The second unstable chapter.”
