Let's talk about Trump bringing Kari Lake on....

[@BarrenIamninja]

Anyone else already tired of these next four years?

[@vincentschreiber9496]

Oh yah, I'm here,11B combat veteran ex cop voted for Harris and Walz.

[@hypnokitten6450]

Exhausted

[@donhoverson6348]

I am both retired and pretired.

[@shhhhh.242]

Already 😒

[@Jenda-ld8dj]

"tried"?

[@p.strobus7569]

“It could be a lot worse” is such a spectacularly low bar.

[@johnsteiner3417]

Well, it's a place where she can't do any real damage. It's not like she'll be taken seriously by the rest of the world in her new job.

[@thehellyousay]

it WILL get a lot worse.

[@p.strobus7569]

@@johnsteiner3417 Tucker Carlson is a counter example for the idea that she can’t do any real damage. Plus, the wreckage she will leave behind will take more years to restore than it did to destroy.

[@johnsteiner3417]

@@p.strobus7569 In terms of BSing people, Lake isn't even at Carlson's league, which is itself limited outside the US.

[@gypsyvegan]

Re "it could be a lot worse" being a low bar: true, but also extremely American. I feel like I learned that about this country before I learned the pledge of allegiance.

[@trinidadscorpion3835]

Instead of draining the lake trump made his administration a cesspool.

[@CantankerousDave]

Term 1 - an open sewer. Term 2 - raw sewage exploding out of everyone’s toilets.

[@donhoverson6348]

That was a given.

[@benoithudson7235]

Not a single swamp creature is left in the swamp, they’re all in his administration. Definitely drained it!

[@anotheruser676]

'The lake is leaking but I have plenty of sticky slimy people to jam in those holes.'

[@CatheFifer]

At least he is draining Florida's swamp.

[@Stublet]

"Who's the worst, most unqualified, absolutely sycophant moron? I need someone to destroy a department" - Trump's entire thought process when appointing anyone, to anything,.

[@johnsteiner3417]

The good news is that she sucks at propaganda.

[@scourge6563]

Given the audience, she doesn't need to be. Being an inveterate liar is enough.

[@johnsteiner3417]

@@scourge6563 For the US that'd work, but overseas that's understood about Orange Menace appointees, so she'll be disregarded.

[@nzinaz]

Arizonans are just glad to have her out of the state

[@BubblesintheDesert]

So, so true ...

[@suzanneemerson2625]

They hate her there.

[@johnchedsey1306]

As an Arizona voter, having her not part of our state politics anymore is just fine with me. She's such a loser that she couldn't even win a statewide race where Trump won.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Thanks for throwing your toxic waste at the rest of us (grumble).

[@wellhellothere6347]

@@MonkeyJedi99 They are coating themselves as they toss it though.

[@tiptoeurchin]

​@MonkeyJedi99 we didn't throw her at anyone. We didn't do much right but we kept her out of the senate. You're welcome. She would have been far more destructive if she had a senate vote.

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

@@tiptoeurchin Thank you.

[@havable]

@@MonkeyJedi99 They kinda kept her away from the rest of us by not electing her senator.

[@stonedsasquatch]

HAD a global reach of hundreds of millions of viewers. No intelligent person will willingly watch Kari lake for truthful information

[@eileendunn2130]

I hope you're right.

[@havable]

@@eileendunn2130 Other countries will probably treat VOA like its RT.

[@ChildOfSisyphus]

By the way he stands, i thought Trump was Trump in heels 👠...

[@mymia731]

He is

[@Maureen1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@davidcat1455]

@@mymia731 The corset helps.

[@doricetimko5403]

He definitely has something going on

[@mickeyoleary6384]

It gonna take decades to recover from his term.😊

[@MyDarkSide62]

IF there is a recovery.......

[@bobfg3130]

You got it. Add in that he was reelected and the US will have to start from scratch internationally and that will hit the US hard.

[@geneotrexler8246]

Haha…….. I expect Trump has assembled a group that will help with Trumps predatory bribery. Somewhere in this toxic mix is Trumps loyalty to Putin & the KGB.🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@blairleighton3343]

Oddly enough,I said the same thing back in 2016. Was I wrong?

[@AwkwardPain]

@@blairleighton3343 We had almost recovered financially, but socially, we took giant leaps backwards, so it is inconclusive. Now, he is going to have a second term before we cleaned up the mess from the first one.

[@Mtnsunshine]

I can’t believe I am living in this reality. Please say I will wake up from this insanity soon. 😟

[@lorilee2485]

I feel the exact same way

[@scourge6563]

Not even in four years. This stain isn't going to come out in the wash.

[@mrchappel]

This is the only place I get my news. Spent a couple months deleting every news channel that had Trump's face on their website. I will do my best to avoid his voice and his minions, that first 4 years was brutal.

[@later_daze_4080]

me too!

[@lisa-r4w]

Me too. I avoid seeing his shriveled puckered traitorous face or hearing his traitorous voice.

[@jamescox5922]

I cannot - CANNOT - endure another day of all the Trump sycophants who cover for his gaffes and try to spin it that when Trump is wrong, he’s “alternatively absolutely correct!” Opinions can be wrong when they are based on lies or bad information. Certain things are FACTS and not subject to opinion.

[@CynthiaDelFava]

Meidas Touch Network and Brian Tyler Cohen are great too.

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

This is pretty much the only news I *watch*; for everything else I prefer to *read* the news.

[@jenniferstone2975]

Hahaha! OMG! How embarrassing for Trump… he has the most vulgar tastes in the company he keeps.

[@karrentinius3788]

Nothing embarrasses the orange mobster, uh, monster.

[@Jesse-v7h]

Only qualification needed to be in trumps cabinet - sycophancy.

[@Support_Ad_Blocker]

and flexible knees....

[@serendipityshopnyc]

That's not entirely fair. You also need to be actively interested in destroying whatever you are put in charge of. There was a lot of that in his first administration (Scott Pruitt, Betsy DeVos, Louis DeJoy, Ryan Zinke, Mick Mulvaney, the AGs), etc) but this time around it will be noticeably worse.

[@margaretjohnson8029]

On the surface picking Kari Lake to run the VOA makes sense. Except, that she doesn’t have a passing acquaintance with truth or sanity!

[@WBS001]

Neither does trump, but that didn't stop HIM from getting picked. Rational thought doesn't really come into it any more ($Deity, how I wish I was wrong)

[@daveg.9939]

Nope. Lake is a known and skilled liar. She'll be turning the VOA into another propaganda network and people all over the world are listening to VOA/Fox - including our soldiers so their minds will be poisoned.

[@bobfg3130]

VOA wasn't about the truth anyway. It will get defunded after Trump leaves office.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I wouldn't trust her with a HOA.

[@GilliMarieMoody]

Because of Tr um p’s first term, the Int’l Broadcasting Advisory Board passed a law saying he couldn’t just appoint someone head of VOA.

[@s-c..]

For some reason I’m having visions of Soviet families huddled around the wireless listening to tales of how great Stalin is.

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

With Lake at the microphone, they'll hear about how great Putin is.

[@charliekowittmusic]

Arizonan here. Groaning confirmed.

[@gordonmills2748]

I worked in Phoenix media for years, and the general consensus about Lake is that the once popular and competent news-reader went certifiably nuts sometime during Trump's first administration, and no one seems to know why.

[@BigDG80]

Power and money......obviously

[@snieves4]

Theres probably a white reason.

[@heidim7732]

Once you swallow the Big Lie, the little ones become an avalanche.

[@goodun2974]

In Australia they'd say she's gone "troppo", crazy from the heat. Maybe she spent too much time reporting while out in the full Phoenix sun....

[@owensomers8572]

@@heidim7732 I do not believe she believes what she says, it is all deliberate and calculated for effect.

[@kathywiseley4382]

Dandy. VOA is about to become Faux Nooz Jr.

[@jazzman.]

It's going to be dangerous now with Kari spreading Dumpty's lies and hatred worldwide 🌐 to even more lesser informed people.

[@thomasbraeking6225]

VOA/RT. iDJiT gotta do Daddy Vladdy a solid!

[@dallaynavokan5513]

You're absolutely right, Belle. Arizonan here and I was indeed, already groaning. And she's worse, much, much worse. Smh.

[@timkaldahl]

Prison would be preferable.

[@ronboe6325]

I feel sorry for VoA.

[@cindytripp]

Or maybe just the actual journalist at voa, not just a failed fux media reader.

[@davidtravis1384]

As an Arizonan, I'm glad we are finally getting rid of her.

[@SidShakal]

as one of Gaetz's constituents, i can relate 😅

[@commentlurker9721]

As someone who isn’t from Arizona, did you at least leave the receipt in the gift box so we can return her?

[@Palindrome78]

As an American...you aren't really. Her stench just spreads wider.

[@goodun2974]

​@@commentlurker9721, the reciept is marked $00.00; How can you return something for refund that has no value? /s

[@bw140]

They need to call it Voice of Racism now

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

“Trump in pumps” as she has referred to herself. Skari Kari is demented.

[@ethimself5064]

🤣🤣🤣In near tears

[@angelikalindenau943]

That seems to be a qualifying requirement

[@dad45a]

Trump in......higher pumps! Given the lifts that Trump wears!

[@goodun2974]

​@@dad45a, Kari and D'idjit can both be described as "grifts in lifts". Or, to paraphrase an old saying, "beware of grifts wearing lifts".

[@marcellacruser951]

If she changes nothing, it still won't be as negative about the US as Trump is on a moment to moment basis.

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

💯% THIS! Donnie Draft Dodger is constantly saying horrible things about the U.S.

[@tarvoc746]

2:56 - "...chronicling America's achievements worldwide!" - That sounds like she won't have a lot to do under this president.

[@HattieLankford-24]

She'll be the one developing the double think.

[@serendipityshopnyc]

She'll have a lot of work to do, either inventing them from whole cloth, or figuring out what 47's admin can grab the credit for from 46's.

[@commentlurker9721]

“Can you name a place you’d rather have her?” Antartica, the moon, an oubliette, the island Tom Hanks was stuck on in Cast Away… Oh, you meant in the next US administration… I guess that works.

[@Blue_Dingo]

Ambassador to that, no approach island off India, where that Missionary paddled up with Bibles, and tried to bring them God.

[@TrineDaely]

Give her an official position changing his diapers.

[@grahamsneddon9196]

Oubliette...lmao, that is so incredibly niche, nerdy, funny and apt. Thank you Lurker, you made my morning.

[@SaberToothBicycle]

Anyplace on the dark side of the grass will do.

[@dieweisseRose2025]

Rotting in h... along with her namesake and his thugs

[@brettbosley779]

Kari Lake brings to mind a quote involving a lack of warmth and depth.

[@jamesnoneyabizness5611]

RIP Betty White. Like George Carlin, I miss them both, but I am glad that they aren't here to be disappointed in us for letting it come to this...

[@brettbosley779]

@jamesnoneyabizness5611 I've had similar thoughts WRT them, Fred Rogers, Carl Sagan, and my grandfather, who risked his life to defeat the very thing his son gleefully voted for.

[@walkerlone]

G'day. I know the quote. Yes, she definitely is one.

[@explosionsky]

The best we can expect from the Trump administration: Not as horrible as it could have been.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Ah yes, the "Better an Evander Hollyfield punch to the solar plexus than a stick in the eye," "better".

[@anoniemuss824]

The Trumpster fire keeps raging as he adds more fuel.

[@davidsantor1760]

VOA, welcome to the Ministry of Truth. ?

[@davidsantor1760]

PS , this is only if Lake is accually successfully appointed head of department.

[@NYx3]

Belle, You asked "can you name a place you'd rather have her [Kari Lake] in?" YES!!! I certainly can but I can't say it here without getting booted off YT.

[@lorim3011]

Same here

[@CarolineFarrow]

Same

[@cyrussoxlegion]

Incompetent begets more incompetence.

[@ohms497]

WTF? Can't get rid of those people. Oh no.

[@michaellicwinko7280]

I read an article a week ago or so that said she was being considered for the Ambassador of Mexico position. But, that was the only time I saw that. Thank goodness.

[@merricasem1964]

I agree that it could be worse. My suggestion for an alternative would be a “DOGE-catcher” 🐶💰

[@danielwangler532]

that position is reserved for kristi noam

[@serendipityshopnyc]

@@danielwangler532 Why? Corey Lewandowski isn't working for Musk and Ramaswamy, is he?

[@NelsonCruz77]

"It's a good description as long as you don't imagine it" Well, I hadn't imagined it. Until now! 🤮😂

[@pamponsart]

😂😂😂

[@davidsantor1760]

🇨🇦🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@deborahwalton-blanchard5817]

Thank you Belle. Points taken. I’m sure all our European Allies will just switch it off when needed

[@gumpyoldbugger6944]

Most have, long ago.....I all my travels abroad, I've never heard locals listening to it, the few times I've heard it was when American expats were tuning in to get news from home..

[@terryfleming7084]

Soooooo, but she now was to quit the two jobs she has now? Governor and her senate positions.

[@MaryViolasse]

LOL😅

[@marilynhoward380]

🤣🤣🤣

[@danielwangler532]

well put friend

[@FadedRoseStoriesFairyTales]

Arrgh! VOA I mean the vacuuming for Trump in high heels, picture is burned on my brain.

[@elizabethmitchell1882]

Thanks Belle. Yes, I guess it could be worse. Take deep breaths America, we’ll get through 4 years somehow.

[@lorim3011]

If we're allowed to vote again

[@hannahpumpkins4359]

You're very optimistic... I think many will indeed get through, but there's going to be a crazy amount of pain, insanity, torture, and death.

[@chrissbeausoleil2766]

"Can you name a place you would rather have her?" The unemployment line.

[@AutumnFire1414]

How about instead of having her live off unemployment paid by our tax dollars, she volunteer to help President Musk colonize Mars? She can be Queen of Mars.

[@timothyoo7]

NOPE!! I CANT EVEN!!!! sometimes my sanity is much more valuable than the latest dumpster fire. I have already seen enough for 1 lifetime, thank you!

[@krysti2]

Thankyou Belle, for bringing us the freshest news!!*🎉

[@muliefriend4785]

Our own little Tokyo Rose😂😂😂

[@rickk3658]

Baghdad Bob wasn't available either.

[@CrystalAbrahams]

Hi! 🇨🇦

[@VernSherris]

Hi, Crystal!

[@Erin-Thor]

Hello Crystal! 👋🏽🤠

[@MBMCincy63]

👋🏻😴

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good night sparkling Crystal! I hope your friends feel better soon. Don't catch anything!

[@lorilee2485]

Howdy

[@VernSherris]

Good night, everybody! Stay safe and keep warm.

[@MBMCincy63]

👋🏻😴

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Goodnight Vern! Sleep well and have happy dreams!

[@tombrown4683]

Hoot 🦉

[@s-c..]

Toot 🦉 😊

[@donaldrambo5150]

Good night. 🦉🦉🦉✌🌹

[@VernSherris]

Hoot, hoot, Tom!

[@VernSherris]

@@donaldrambo5150 Good night, Donald.

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good evening friend Tom! I hope your day improved, all packages have been located, and you're settling in for a pleasant night!

[@carolbulmer8253]

Thank you, Belle, for this information re Kari Lake.

[@ricardom2627]

it will be tuned out by millions, millions that were likely everyday listeners

[@serendipityshopnyc]

Ukraine first.

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Whenever it is wherever you are, I hope it's a good time for you!

[@s-c..]

Hiya Victoria 👋 Hope you’re well & happy 😊

[@VernSherris]

Good night, Victoria!

[@Erin-Thor]

You too! How was your day? 😊

[@TheSuzberry]

Hi, hun. Take care of yourself.

[@katboss4886]

Rainy here. CA winter & I just want to say you are amazing & kind

[@tomvo1992]

Yes, Secretary Department of Sanitation!

[@milot2311]

Thank You Belle and Team for the News Highlights and⚠ Observations. Kari 🤡Lake from a Lawless Administration and a Felon as President.

[@michaelgreaves2375]

OHHHH!!!! You Gotta Be Kidding ME!

[@rajenwilliams]

That T-Shirt is great!

[@lpeterman]

The Pessimist says: "Things can't get any worse." The Optimist says: "Oh, yes they can!" With His Obscenity, the Grifter-in-Chief incoming, I agree with both points of view; things ARE going to get worse.

[@marilynmurray3041]

Thank you Belle. Protect the VOA’s independence!

[@Support_Ad_Blocker]

The VOA? 😂😂😂😂😂😂 It's still around?

[@Anon33467]

Trump already wears heels. That's why he's always leaning forward

[@TreeCutterDoug]

Hello friends!

[@VernSherris]

Hi, Doug!

[@Erin-Thor]

Howdy 👋🏽🤠 Doug & Vern!

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Aloha Doug! I hope you have a beautiful evening!

[@jamesharkins6799]

Hey Doug

[@VernSherris]

@@Erin-Thor Hi, Erin-Thor!

[@9753flyer]

We all knew this was going to happen and as an AZ resident who has known Lake personally since she started out here in media, I have to agree with Belle on this one, there are a lot worse positions she could be in, a lot more dangerous positions she could have been placed in

[@generalputnam2990]

Yet we all know she'll be trumpeting All tR**p hagiography, All the Time.

[@thomasbraeking6225]

Yeah, it's not like iDJiT owes Putin any favors or will do anything Putin orders. What could go wrong with VOA/RT?

[@deborahmillette]

How are we going to get out of this death sentence??? Other than dying ?

[@splitliving]

Personally I like the Mangioni approach.

[@etep878]

How is Kari going to head the VOA when she is also the rightful governor and senator of Arizona?

[@lego4virgo]

Riiiight!

[@Blue_Dingo]

Should have made her Ambassador, to Greenland.

[@gogreen7794]

Better yet, Antarctica.

[@jazzman.]

How about Mars?

[@christopherapel1712]

I suppose occasionally you CAN make a silk purse out of a ...

[@jeanine1410]

thank you Belle and Team, point taken.

[@Exwalmartian]

The thing that drives me nuts about Trump bitching about people talking poorly about America is that nobody has ever said worse shit or talked America down as disgustingly as he has

[@bdub1338]

North Korea media is gonna have some competition

[@Allastrology]

every day I repeat to myself, 2026. Thank you Belle!!!

[@gumpyoldbugger6944]

Given that they are already trying to jiggle the election rules to be in their favour, I would not put too much hope in either the 2026 mid-terms or the 2028 election. Not only have the fox's in voted into the hen house, they are now writing the rules for how it will run.......

[@donnad634]

Merry Christmas Beau and Belle and family! 🎄

[@tabularasa0606]

I can name several places where I'd rather have her, but they would get me a ban.

[@El-Comment-8-or]

I’d still prefer her to be ambassador to Antarctica.

[@PhotoFlight]

So Trump now has his Goebbels

[@katboss4886]

Have a good evening/night & sunshine in the morning

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Having a good night tonight is far more likely than sunshine in the morning Kat. ;-) I hope you manage to have both!

[@katboss4886]

@ no sunshine here tomorrow. Rain again but we always need it here. No big fires this year thankfully

[@taljan57]

I can think of a place I'd rather have her, but I can't say it on here.😊

[@s-c..]

Howdy there Belle Peeps ❤

[@VernSherris]

Hi, s-c..!

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Happy Friday s-c! How does my tomorrow look for you today?

[@s-c..]

@@VernSherris Hi Vern, hope all is well for you 😊

[@s-c..]

@@victoriajohnson-parratt6975It’s looking pretty good I’d say! But wait for Monday - it will be over 100 degrees 😃

[@VernSherris]

@@s-c.. Good morning, s-c.. I'm doing fine, thank you for asking. And I hope everything is well with you yours this holiday season.

[@barbarasack8273]

I can't imagine what kind of info and image of the US she'll put forth.

[@gblakev]

Unfortunately, lots of lies and lots of adulation of HWSNBN (He who shall not be named)

[@gumpyoldbugger6944]

Hate to say it, but America's image around the world hasn't been all that great for quite awhile now, like in decades.......doubt she could damage it much more, but I am sure she will give the ole college try to do so.

[@gumpyoldbugger6944]

@@gblakev just call him either Dumpster Fire Donny or Dirty Daipers Donny......we will all know you meant.

[@Ron_Lockwood]

Thank you,Belle.😎🇺🇸

[@kevinlawless4332]

I would have loved to have seen her as senior custodian at the White House😂

[@Erin-Thor]

Kari Lake is the best comedy ever! Epic! 😂

[@BeauoftheFifthColumn]

I'm kind of curious to see the content under her influence

[@MBMCincy63]

👋🏻😴

[@johnsteiner3417]

@@BeauoftheFifthColumn Somewhere between an Onion article and Monty Python.

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

I'd debate describing her as comedy or tragedy. I'm sure it's one or the other.

[@loft306]

Well I guess you could say it will be the national enquirer gone global.

[@brendalong3852]

Arizona resident here. Lake was a loser and total bomb as a politician. I'm not sure how good of a news caster she was but I couldn't find anything worth watching from her.

[@johnchedsey1306]

If she had actually won the governor race in 2022, I'd probably already have moved to New Mexico.

[@RexJordan-s8x]

Thank you Belle again from Sterling Heights Michigan

[@doricetimko5403]

I love today’s flannel. You positively glowed in the green one the other day. 💜

[@scottmueller550]

By the time Kari Lake is finished, VOA will be Fox Lite !

[@sharononeal7183]

OMG! Your comments about heels, etc, were so on point and awesomely snarky!!! Well played. I salute you!

[@cindytripp]

She has been calling herself that for 6 years now.

[@chesterossa]

Thanks Belle!

[@gypsyvegan]

I'd heard something about her being nommed for ambassador to Mexico... For President Sheinbaum's sake, VOA for Lake sounds great 👍🏼👍🏼

[@donaldrambo5150]

❤❤❤

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good evening good Donald! Have a very pleasant night tonight!

[@jonwellman9020]

Thanks Belle. To answer; yes. I can think of some other place for that lake.

[@lego4virgo]

Would it be--perhaps--A lake?

[@jonwellman9020]

@lego4virgo yes! Alex has the prizes.

[@robertlane5427]

Bottom of the ocean?

[@zenlizard1850]

I'm glad I wasn't trying to drink anything when you described Kari Lake.

[@philscott1958]

The bottom of a lake 😅🤣😂 See what I did there 😅🤣😂

[@kevenpinder7025]

Id suggest one of those forest fire watch towers out in the middle of nowhere. Interesting side note. They have towers like that in New Jersey, esp in the Pine Barrens.

[@MBMCincy63]

Evening Ranchhands! Belle O'clock 💓👋🏻. ( 20° this morning, 40° expected tomorrow afternoon)

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good evening Mary Beth! You're having a heat wave! We might hit 25° tomorrow. ;-)

[@MrAxes777]

I see this going horribly wrong.

[@marthamcdonald7016]

I had never heard of Voice of America prior to this.

[@BeauoftheFifthColumn]

Well really as an American, you're not supposed to have much exposure.

[@ironwolfstudios2857]

We need more Adjusters...

[@richardhouvener6423]

Belle makes a very good point in that Lake running the VOA will at least keep her away from the money in the treasury, the missiles in the DoD and the secrets of the NSA.

[@goodun2974]

I worry about who will be writing her script. It could be someone worse even than Lumpy, like Putin, Orban, or Kim Jong Un, or Marine Le Pen or some other similar right-wing European fascist.

[@steveschmaling8217]

" Can you name a place you'd rather have her?" What a loaded question

[@canvasjockey4628]

As an Arizonan, I'll take it. She can't cause too much trouble there, and getting her out of AZ's political scene is a big win. Bye Felicia.