The Smithsonian Institution on Monday emphasized its “nonpartisan stature” and said “all personnel decisions” are made by its secretary more than a week after President Donald Trump said he would remove the director of the National Portrait Gallery.

The Smithsonian is in need of at least two sites for planned museums: the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women’s History Museum.

The Smithsonian says it retains the authority over personnel such as the director of the National Portrait Gallery, whose firing the president had announced.

Trump’s effort to oust the director of the National Portrait Gallery could give him absolute control over Smithsonian content.

The Smithsonian issued a statement Monday saying that it controls its personnel decisions after President Donald Trump announced in May

The Smithsonian's Board of Regents Monday night affirmed the authority of its secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, to make "all personnel decisions" at the national museums institution, 10 days after President Donald Trump said he had fired National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet.

The Board of Regents publicly backed Smithsonian leader Lonnie G. Bunch III and called for nonpartisanship after Trump attempted to fire a museum director.

The Smithsonian has issued a statement supporting Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch following President Trump's claim that he fired the director of the National Portrait Gallery.

President Trump and JD Vance want to eliminate ‘improper, divisive or anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian museums.