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riversedge

(81,568 posts) Mon May 11, 2026, 08:59 PM May 11

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 ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¸ (@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 May 11 OP

The light's a bit harsh in Jamaica, Kari will need a more powerful set of filters for her television interviews. sop May 11 #1

Well, I figured she was ready for something new and challenging... AZ8theist May 11 #2

Congressional hearings? If Dems take the House. Buddyzbuddy May 11 #3

I heard about Mastrano on the radio this morning BumRushDaShow May 12 #4

This is Trump's handlers lonely bird May 12 #5

sop

(19,354 posts)

1. The light's a bit harsh in Jamaica, Kari will need a more powerful set of filters for her television interviews.

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Mon May 11, 2026, 09:14 PM

May 11

AZ8theist

(7,643 posts)

2. Well, I figured she was ready for something new and challenging...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 10:41 PM

May 11

Buddyzbuddy

(2,916 posts)

3. Congressional hearings? If Dems take the House.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 11:51 PM

May 11

BumRushDaShow

(172,368 posts)

4. I heard about Mastrano on the radio this morning

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 06:15 AM

May 12

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

(3,039 posts)

5. This is Trump's handlers

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 09:44 AM

May 12

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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