Trump says he fired National Portrait Gallery chief in latest conflict with arts

President says director Kim Sajet has been fired but experts suggest president does not have legal grounds to do so

Donald Trump says he is firing the first female director of the National Portrait Gallery, which contained a caption that referenced the attack on the US Capitol that his supporters carried out in early 2021.

The president announced the termination on Friday in a post on his social media platform that accused Sajet - born in Nigeria, raised in Australia and a citizen of the Netherlands - of being a strong supporter" of diversity initiatives that his administration opposes as well as highly partisan". He cited no evidence for either claim.