Donald Trump doesn’t even know what National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet exactly did wrong. According to The Washington Post, when he announced her firing on his social media platform, he said he made the decision “Upon the request and recommendation of many people.” I’ll take a wild guess that those “many people” are his white nationalist co-presidents Stephen Miller and immigrant Elon Musk.
Without citing a shred of evidence, Trump called Sajet “a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of DEI, which is totally inappropriate for her position. Her replacement will be named shortly.” I’ll bet that some DOGE Bro Thought Police appointee found via AI that Sajet used the words “diversity,” “equity” and/or “inclusion” and, regardless of the context, decided that was grounds for firing.
Hours later, the Smithsonian staff received the details of a proposed 12 percent cut to the Smithsonian’s budget and no funding at all for its Anacostia Community Museum and its forthcoming National Museum of the American Latino, The Post said.
There’s one big fly in this MAGA ointment: Trump doesn’t seem to have the authority to fire Sajet. The Post’s article said it is “unclear” if Trump has the authority. But that seems a sop to Jeff Bezos because the article strongly suggests Trump doesn’t have that authority:
