PHOENIX − President-elect Donald Trump is considering nominating Kari Lake ambassador to Mexico, a prominent post for someone with no diplomatic experience and a political persona built around walling off America’s southern border.

The two-time unsuccessful candidate for statewide office in Arizona has stayed close with the president-elect.

President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering Arizona’s own Kari Lake to be his ambassador to Mexico.

Reports of President-elect Trump’s potential nomination of Kari Lake as ambassador to Mexico are receiving mixed reviews in the country, where rumors of the appointment have swirled for weeks. Lake, a hard-line MAGA Republican who lost the open Senate race in Arizona to Sen.

Kari Lake, a two-time unsuccessful candidate for statewide office in Arizona, is a leading contender to be President-elect Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to Mexico, according to a new report from Semafor.

Kari Lake is reportedly in the running for the nomination of ambassador to Mexico under the Trump administration 2.0. Semafor first reported the news, which is also circulating in Mexican news media.

President-elect Donald Trump may send the personification of tough talk on immigration south of the border to get in the face of the Mexican government on one of his signature issues. Kari Lake, a staunch Trump supporter who lost her race for the U.

President-elect Donald Trump is eyeing Kari Lake to be his ambassador to Mexico, Semafor reported Monday. An unwavering MAGA supporter who has described herself as “Trump in heels," Lake has no diplomatic experience and has built much of her political persona around calls to close the southern border.