{"id":136206,"date":"2024-12-12T14:06:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136206"},"modified":"2024-12-12T14:06:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:06:24","slug":"trump-picks-kari-lake-as-voice-of-america-director-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136206","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks Kari Lake as Voice of America director | Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">President-elect Donald Trump has picked Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist and immigration hardliner to head the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news reporting around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Lake, who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat, was a television news anchor in Phoenix for nearly three decades until she left in 2021 after making a series of controversial statements on social media, including sharing Covid-19 misinformation during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">She launched her political career a short time later, quickly building a loyal following and national profile as she sparred with journalists and echoed Trump in her sharp criticism of what she called the \u201cfake news\u201d. In 2022, she said she would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/nov\/08\/kari-lake-arizona-governor-candidate-media-worst-fricking-nightmare\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a journalist\u2019s \u201cworst fricking nightmare\u201d<\/a> if she won the race to be governor of Arizona.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"39248f18-ba63-42a7-b49d-e23b74226363\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\u2018An existential battle\u2019: how Trump\u2019s win is shifting the US media landscape&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;39248f18-ba63-42a7-b49d-e23b74226363&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/23\/trump-journalist-cable-msnbc&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">She endeared herself to Trump through her dogmatic commitment to the falsehood that both she and Trump were the victims of election fraud. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/nov\/17\/kari-lake-refuse-concede-arizona-governor-election-republican\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">She has never acknowledged her defeat<\/a> in the 2022 gubernatorial race and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/12\/us-election-arizona-senate-race-ruben-gallego-kari-lake\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">lost her Senate race last month by an even larger margin<\/a>. Trump considered her for his vice presidential running mate before deciding on JD Vance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Trump has in the past been a fierce critic of Voice of America (VOA), including saying in 2020 that \u201cthings they say are disgusting toward our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The broadcaster drew additional criticism during Trump\u2019s first term for its coverage of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, with a White House publication accusing it of using taxpayer money \u201cto speak for authoritarian regimes\u201d because it covered the lifting of lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus first emerged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">VOA was founded during the second world war, and its congressional charter requires it to present independent news and information to international audiences. It responded to Trump\u2019s criticism by defending its coverage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Upon taking office in January 2021, President Joe Biden\u2019s administration swiftly removed a number of senior officials aligned with Trump from VOA and positions affiliated with it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Also on Wednesday, Trump announced Leandro Rizzuto as his choice to be the US ambassador to the Washington-based Organization of American States, and said he wanted Florida personal injury attorney Dan Newlin to be his administration\u2019s ambassador to Colombia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He also picked Peter Lamelas, a physician and the founder of one of Florida\u2019s largest urgent care companies, to be the US ambassador to Argentina. Lamelas is also a large donor to the past campaigns of Trump and other top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Republicans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/12\/kari-lake-voice-of-america-director-pick-donald-trump\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Donald Trump has picked Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist and immigration hardliner to head the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136206\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}