The Smithsonian’s leadership is being forced to review, not so much the president’s rationale, but his authority to make such a high-level personnel change.

The president on Friday said he terminated Kim Sajet. Meanwhile, his budget proposes slashing the Smithsonian's Anacostia and Latino museums, according to an email.

The White House's budget would pull all government funding from the Anacostia Community Museum and the planned National Museum of the American Latino.