{"id":2601602,"date":"2026-05-12T09:16:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-promotes-kari-lake-to-ambassador-likely-bringing-an-end-to-her-time-dismantling-liberal-voice-of-america\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:18:00","slug":"trump-promotes-kari-lake-to-ambassador-likely-bringing-an-end-to-her-time-dismantling-liberal-voice-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-promotes-kari-lake-to-ambassador-likely-bringing-an-end-to-her-time-dismantling-liberal-voice-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Promotes Kari Lake to Ambassador, Likely Bringing an End to Her Time Dismantling Liberal Voice of America"},"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\">36<\/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-promotes-kari-lake-to-ambassador-likely-bringing-an-end-to-her-time-dismantling-liberal-voice-of-america%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=2601602&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>Donald Trump nominated Kari Lake to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. The White House sent the nomination to the Senate for confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Lake previously served as director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America. In that role, she said her focus was steering VOA back from a left-leaning direction and pushing reforms, and she cited restoring accountability and advancing an \u201cAmerica First\u201d mission.Lake posted on X that she spoke with Trump and expressed gratitude, adding that she would continue working at USAGM during the confirmation process while preparing for the ambassador role.<\/p>\n<p>The article also notes Lake is a political ally of Trump, including opposition to the 2020 election result, and that she previously ran for governor of Arizona and for the U.S. Senate but lost both races.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Kari Lake to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination was among several sent by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/05\/nominations-and-withdrawal-sent-to-the-senate-c6ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> to the Senate for confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Lake has served as the director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees the Voice of America, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/clypng12xq5o?xtor=AL-71-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&#038;at_bbc_team=editorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In that role, Lake, a former journalist, has tried to steer VOA back from the left and dismantle some of its operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just got off the phone with President @realDonaldTrump, and I\u2019m incredibly grateful for his support, encouragement, and TRUST,\u201d Lake <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KariLake\/status\/2054040757179433053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a wonderful call. I\u2019m proud of the work we\u2019ve accomplished at @USAGM \u2014 restoring accountability, advancing the America First mission, and bringing much-needed reform to the agency \u2014 including @VOANews and @radio_marti,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll continue my work at USAGM during the confirmation process while preparing to take on this new role as U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. Thank you, Mr. President, for your confidence in me. I\u2019m ready for this next mission and honored to continue fighting on your behalf for the American people! #MAGA,\u201d she posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you to President Trump for nominating me to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2<\/p>\n<p>Jamaica is a country I know very well, full of incredible people, and if confirmed by the Senate, I look forward to strengthening the partnership between our nations, advancing\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pr5Ieffzvp\">pic.twitter.com\/pr5Ieffzvp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kari Lake (@KariLake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/2053932125972549674?\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KariLake\/status\/2053932125972549674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>, Lake wrote that \u201cJamaica is a country I know very well, full of incredible people, and if confirmed by the Senate, I look forward to strengthening the partnership between our nations, advancing America\u2019s interests abroad, and building on the deep friendship d by the American and Jamaican people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonored to continue serving in this HISTORIC Administration!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lake is an ally of the president who protested the outcome of the 2020 election. She later ran to become the governor of Arizona and for a U.S. Senate seat, but lost both races.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usagm.gov\/2025\/03\/15\/u-s-agency-for-global-media-complies-with-presidential-executive-order-to-reduce-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release,<\/a> Lake\u2019s office said the agency she was reforming was riddled with wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >team encountered \u201cmassive national security violations<\/a>, including spies and terrorist sympathizers and\/or supporters infiltrating the agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only were there \u201c$100s-of-millions being spent on fake news companies,\u201d but also \u201ca product that often parrots the talking-points of America\u2019s adversaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agency is not salvageable,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The release said the agency had become \u201ca giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-considering-not-giving-trump-intelligence-briefings\/\" title=\"Biden Considering Not Giving ... Intelligence Briefings\">national security risk<\/a> for this nation \u2014 and irretrievably broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile there are bright spots within the agency with personnel who are talented and dedicated public servants, this is the exception rather than the rule,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate that the work that was done by self-interested insiders in coordination with outside activist groups and radical Leftist advocacy organizations to \u2018Trump-Proof\u2019 the agency made it impossible to reform,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tsa-can-now-fine-you-for-not-masking-up-following-biden-executive-order\/\" title=\"TSA Can Now Fine You For Not Masking Up Following Biden Executive Order\">release added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, they weren\u2019t just \u2018Trump-Proofing\u2019 the agency from political leadership, they were accountability-proofing the agency from the American people. 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