Trump treats government agencies like a petulant boy on Christmas morning eager to smash to pieces his newest toys.

Lake lost the Arizona gubernatorial election to Democrat Katie Hobbs in 2022 and a U.S. Senate election to Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) in November. She repeatedly claimed election fraud in her 2022 loss and pushed Trump’s own 2020 election lies.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that Kari Lake, a former news anchor and Arizona Senate candidate, would be the next director of the publicly funded Voice of America network. The update came amid several back-to-back appointments to his administration on Wednesday night, all of which he shared through his Truth Social account.

Voice of America touts itself as the largest United States international broadcaster, providing news in 50 languages.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has tapped Kari Lake as director of the government-funded Voice of America, the nation's largest international broadcaster. The move comes after the 55-year-old Lake lost her Arizona Senate bid to Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in November.

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Kari Lake, a former Arizona news anchor and Republican political candidate, as the new director of Voice of America (VOA). Lake, a staunch Trump ally, previously ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor in 2022 and the U.