{"id":2601448,"date":"2026-05-11T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taps-kari-lake-for-jamaica-ambassador-post\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T20:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:02:58","slug":"trump-taps-kari-lake-for-jamaica-ambassador-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taps-kari-lake-for-jamaica-ambassador-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump taps Kari Lake for Jamaica ambassador post"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-taps-kari-lake-for-jamaica-ambassador-post%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump has nominated Trump ally Kari Lake to serve as U.S. ambassador to Jamaica. The White House announced the move on Monday, about two months after a federal judge blocked Lake\u2019s attempts to largely shut down Voice of America and ruled Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-montana-underage-abortion-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court declines to hear Montana underage abortion case\">improperly elevated<\/a> her into an effective leadership role.<\/p>\n<p>The article also notes that,in the same declaration,Trump nominated Doug Mastriano to be ambassador to Slovakia-an appointment viewed as especially controversial due to his presence outside the Capitol around the Jan. 6 riot and his efforts to challenge the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-going-on-minnesota-and-wisconsin-both-had-89-90-turnout-something-that-is-highly-unlikely\/\" title=\"What is Going On? Minnesota and Wisconsin BOTH had 89%-90% Turnout -- Something That Is Highly Unlikely\">2020 election results<\/a>.Both nominations must go thru Foreign relations Committee vetting and then Senate confirmation. The article says it remains unclear whether Mastriano will draw opposition from Republicans, though Sen. Thom Tillis has previously opposed nominees who showed sympathy toward Jan. 6 rioters.<\/p>\n<p>it places Lake\u2019s nomination in a broader pattern of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rewarding political allies<\/a> with lower-profile ambassador posts, and mentions that Trump also nominated Dr.Nicole Saphier as surgeon general (with a prior nominee,Casey Means,withdrawn),after Means\u2019s bid stalled in part over vaccine skepticism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is doling out a plum ambassador post to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kari-lake\/\">Kari Lake<\/a>, tapping her to represent the United States in Jamaica after her rocky tenure leading the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voice-of-america\/\">Voice of America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The White House announced Lake\u2019s nomination on Monday, two months after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-hit-a-staggering-4-60-average-nationwide-in-new-record\/\" title=\"Gas Prices Hit A Staggering .60 Average Nationwide In New Record\">federal judge overturned<\/a> her efforts to largely shutter the federal news service and ruled that Trump had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4484881\/judge-voids-voice-of-america-layoffs-trump-appointment-kari-lake\/\">improperly elevated her<\/a> as its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-failure-of-epic-proportions-inside-the-european-unions-failed-vaccine-rollout\/\" title=\"...A Failure Of Epic Proportions\u2019: Inside The European Union\u2019s Failed Vaccine Rollout\">de facto leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4563767\/tech-executives-china-trump-xi-visit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Who are the tech executives flying to China with Trump for state visit?<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4563629\/delcy-rodriguez-venezuela-51st-state-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Delcy Rodriguez says Venezuela will \u2018never\u2019 be 51st US state after Trump remark<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4563391\/finland-president-stubb-russia-ukraine-talks\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hawkish Finnish president says it\u2019s \u2018time to start talking to Russia\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Before her tenure in the Trump administration, Lake was the Republican nominee for Senate in Arizona, losing to now-Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) in 2024, and has made her name in national politics as a firebrand supporter of Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In the same <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/05\/nominations-and-withdrawal-sent-to-the-senate-c6ad\/\">announcement<\/a>, the White House nominated another Trump loyalist, Doug Mastriano, to an ambassador post in the Slovak Republic. His nomination is especially controversial due to his attendance outside the Capitol before the Jan. 6 riot and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/jan-6-committee-interview-cut-short-by-pennsylvanias-republican-nominee-for-governor\">efforts<\/a> to help overturn the 2020 presidential election results. He previously mounted a failed run for governor of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>To hold the ambassador job, both must first be vetted by the Foreign Relations Committee and then be confirmed on the Senate floor. It\u2019s so far unclear whether Mastriano will face opposition from Republicans, who hold a three-seat majority, but Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has previously opposed nominees who express sympathy for Jan. 6 rioters or downplay the events of that day.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination of Lake continues a trend of Trump rewarding political allies with lower-profile ambassador posts. The Senate confirmed former football star Herschel Walker to represent the U.S. in the Bahamas last October. Walker lost a 2022 race for Senate in Georgia amid domestic abuse allegations.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4563074\/senators-taiwan-arms-sale-china-trump-summit\/\"><strong>SENATORS URGE TRUMP TO ANNOUNCE TAIWAN ARMS SALE AHEAD OF VISIT TO CHINA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outside of the State Department, Trump also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4549832\/radiologist-nicole-saphier-maha-casey-means-surgeon-general\/\">announced<\/a> the nomination of Dr. Nicole Saphier as U.S. surgeon general on April 30, withdrawing his second pick for the role, Casey Means, in the same release.<\/p>\n<p>Means\u2019s nomination stalled out in the Senate, in part, due to her vaccine skepticism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump nominates Kari Lake as U.S. ambassador to Jamaica<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2601449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP22217625987270-1-e1778539547400.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11079,5559,33066,3634],"class_list":["post-2601448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ambassador","tag-jamaica","tag-kari-lake","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP22217625987270-1-e1778539547400.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601448"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601452,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601448\/revisions\/2601452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2601449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}