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Donald Trump has made a lot of unconventional appointments since winning a second term in the White House. Just last night, in fact, he tapped the former Real World cast member Sean Duffy to head up the nation’s space program, in addition to his current role as transportation secretary. The appointment came a day after Duffy called the New York City subway system, which millions of people use every day, “dangerous.”
The president outdid himself by tapping Nick Adams to serve as the United States ambassador to Malaysia. Adams is an Australian-born right-wing influencer and self-professed “Alpha Male” whose devotion to Trump is so extreme that many have wondered if he is an Andy Kaufman-esque performance artist trolling liberals and conservatives alike.
Adams responded to the nomination in a lengthy video on Thursday, talking breathlessly about the “call of duty” over lofty background music as the camera cut to various angles of him orating from behind a desk. “It is, Mr. President, my honor to represent you and serve our nation before King Ibrahim Iskander and his people,” Adams said.
Adams’ social media presence has long been an object of fascination. He writes incessantly about living life as an “Alpha Male” — which according to Adams involves constantly eating steak, golfing foursomes with the boys, negotiating multi-million-dollar deals, spreading unvarnished misogyny, slavish devotion to Trump, and never apologizing.
“June is Alpha Male Awareness Month,” he wrote at the beginning of last month. “As an alpha male, I don’t do Taco Tuesday,” he added a few days later. “I prefer Tomahawk Tuesday.”
Here’s how he summed up his existence last September: “I am based. I have rizz. I am smart. I am charismatic. I have superior genetics. I am strong. I am bold. I am intense. I have large amounts of testosterone. I am never wrong. I don’t apologize. I am an alpha male.”
In 2023, Adams went viral for calling on all Alpha Males to boycott M&Ms, accusing the candy of “egregious” sexism against men for introducing female characters and promoting inclusivity. “M&Ms can’t just brush their sexism under the rug and think we’ll let them off the hook,” he wrote amid the uproar. “1. Mars must issue a formal apology to men, and ONLY men. 2. Fair reparations must be paid.”
The power center for Adams’ life as an Alpha Male is Hooters, which he has been posting about incessantly for years. “Romantic date night at a winery with a Sheila? OR A sweaty summer night on the Hooters patio with the boys and several pitchers of ice cold domestics? Sorry ladies, but that’s an easy choice. I’d rather horse around with the boys 10/10,” he wrote last year in a typical post.
When Hooters was preparing to file for bankruptcy earlier this year, Adams blamed former President Joe Biden. “Crooked Joe Biden’s legacy is one of disaster, criminality and corruption. It has sadly claimed yet another victim,” he wrote. “As I was eating my fifth breakfast steak this morning while reading Bloomberg, I read a report that Hooters is preparing to file for bankruptcy. Bidenflation, combined with the woke un-Americanism of the Democrats has caused terrible harm to one our country’s great institutions. I personally volunteer myself to lead a Presidential Taskforce For The Preservation of Hooters.”
Anyway, Trump wants this guy to represent the United States on an international stage as a diplomat. Ambassador nominees are subject to Senate confirmation, and if Republicans caving to the president on the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” didn’t convince you they have totally abdicated any semblance of dignity in service of his interests, confirming Nick Adams as the nation’s ambassador to Malaysia should do the trick.
