President Trump has nominated Kari Lake to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. If confirmed by the Senate, she will move from her current role as the top official at the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
Lake recently led efforts to dismantle the federally funded broadcaster Voice of America (VOA). Under the president’s orders, he took the step of firing hundreds of employees at the organization, which Trump has frequently accused of left-wing bias.
The White House made the announcement on Monday, as Lake thanked the President for nominating her as ambassador and wrote on social media that Jamaica is “a country I know well, full of incredible people.”
Consistent with Lake’s comments, she says that if confirmed by the Senate, she looks forward to “strengthening the partnership between our countries, advancing America abroad, and furthering the deep friendship shared by the American and Jamaican people.”
After serving 22 years in broadcast journalism, Lake left her career in 2021 to run for Governor of Arizona as a Republican, although she was unsuccessful.
He gained national attention for strongly supporting Donald Trump’s claims regarding the 2020 election and subsequently filed several lawsuits to contest his own gubernatorial defeat.
In late 2024, he was appointed by Trump to lead the Voice of America (VOA), which he managed prior to his current nomination as Ambassador to Jamaica.
Trump has nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Hamilton’s nomination comes nearly a year after he was removed from the same position after considering closing the agency.
Hamilton returns to the agency in turmoil; FEMA is currently facing a mass exodus of employees and is struggling to recover from the 75-day partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security that ended on April 30, 2026.
