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riversedge

(81,475 posts)
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:59 PM 14 hrs ago

Trump Exiles MAGA Goons by Giving Them New Jobs Overseas

Source: daily beast


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The president is treating his fervent supporters to roles thousands of miles away.



Vic Verbalaitis Updated May 11 2026 8:35PM EDT


President Donald Trump is shipping off two of his failed MAGA mouthpieces overseas.

Among the nominations sent to the Senate by the White House on Monday were diplomatic posts for failed right-wing gubernatorial candidates and election deniers Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano.

Lake, from Arizona, was nominated as the ambassador to Jamaica, while Mastriano, from Pennsylvania, was nominated as the ambassador to Slovakia.
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Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-exiles-maga-goons-kari-lake-and-doug-mastriano-by-giving-them-new-jobs-in-jamaica-and-slovakia/?via=ios



Maybe Trumpy is starting to clean house??


Trump is shipping his failed right-wing election deniers out of the country: Kari Lake is leaving Arizona for Jamaica, while Doug Mastriano is headed for Slovenia.
www.thedailybeast.com//trump-exile...
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Trump is shipping his failed right-wing election deniers out of the country: Kari Lake is leaving Arizona for Jamaica, while Doug Mastriano is headed for Slovenia.
www.thedailybeast.com//trump-exile...

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T00:27:37.087Z
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Trump Exiles MAGA Goons by Giving Them New Jobs Overseas (Original Post) riversedge 14 hrs ago OP
The light's a bit harsh in Jamaica, Kari will need a more powerful set of filters for her television interviews. sop 14 hrs ago #1
Well, I figured she was ready for something new and challenging... AZ8theist 12 hrs ago #2
Congressional hearings? If Dems take the House. Buddyzbuddy 11 hrs ago #3
I heard about Mastrano on the radio this morning BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #4
This is Trump's handlers lonely bird 1 hr ago #5

sop

(19,198 posts)
1. The light's a bit harsh in Jamaica, Kari will need a more powerful set of filters for her television interviews.
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:14 PM
14 hrs ago

BumRushDaShow

(171,901 posts)
4. I heard about Mastrano on the radio this morning
Tue May 12, 2026, 06:15 AM
5 hrs ago

He is still a PA State Senator and sending that piece of J6 insurrectionist shit far away, is a bonus.



His district - 33rd Senatorial (bottom center in pink)) is at the bottom of the Pennsyltucky "T"-



But it will be interesting if Democrats can overperform there anyway.

lonely bird

(3,017 posts)
5. This is Trump's handlers
Tue May 12, 2026, 09:44 AM
1 hr ago

They are moving whackjobs out to try to rebuild the party from inside. Basically, a very quiet coup. They will hold onto the MAGAt branding and slogans etc but they want to make sure they can draw independents back in 2028. They likely figure 2026 is gone.

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