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Trump nominated longtime ally Kari Lake to be the next US ambassador to Jamaica on Monday, a Senate-confirmable post that would close out her tenure as the top official in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America. The move followed a court ruling that her original appointment leading the global media agency had been unlawful, the Guardian reported. Lake will continue at USAGM during the confirmation process, she said in a social media post.
Lake led the Trump administration's effort to dismantle the federally funded Voice of America and, under the direction of a presidential executive order, moved to terminate hundreds of employees at the global broadcaster, the BBC reported. Trump has been a staunch critic of VOA, which he has accused of left-wing bias. The agency was founded in 1942 and provides news in nearly 50 languages.
Lake thanked Trump for the nomination on social media, writing that Jamaica "is a country I know very well, full of incredible people," the BBC reported. She said if confirmed she looked forward to "strengthening the partnership between our nations, advancing America's interests abroad, and building on the deep friendship shared by the American and Jamaican people." A former Phoenix television anchor of 22 years, Lake ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor in 2022 and for an Arizona US Senate seat in 2024, the BBC reported, denying the results of her own gubernatorial race and filing several failed lawsuits seeking to overturn her loss.
A VOA employees' advocate told the Guardian the nomination was "a concession to that victory" in court, with Lake unable to dismantle the agency "so they've decided to have her do something else." Trump also nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday, the BBC reported, a year after the administration removed him from the same post for defending FEMA's role amid threats of closure.
Figures referenced: Donald Trump. — JudgeMarket.
