Trump nominates MAGA influencer Nick Adams to Malaysia ambassador post

President Trump has nominated MAGA influencer and self-described "alpha male" Nick Adams to be the next ambassador to Malaysia, the White House announced in a list of recommendations sent to the Senate this week.

Adams, a 40-year-old Australian native who lives in Florida, said in a video posted on the social platform X on Thursday that he is "humbled and honored" by the nomination and looks forward to the Senate confirmation process.

"Accepting this call of duty should be the easiest decision made by any American," Adams said in the video, with soft music playing in the background. "It is nothing short of a lifetime's honor to take the president's goodwill and spread it to the great people of Malaysia."

"Our country is the land of tremendous opportunity, and in our new golden age these opportunities will grow like never before," he added.

The news comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Malaysia for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathering.

Adams has been a staunch Trump supporter for years, often confused as a parody account or fake persona for his provocative social media posts, including one in November 2023 that referred to pop superstar Taylor Swift as a "woke jezebel."

After devastating floods killed more than 100 people in Texas over the weekend, Adams posted an image generated by artificial intelligence of Trump standing alongside a depiction of a biblical shepherd.

"Just like King David from the Bible, President Trump is a good shepherd, and we are his flock!" Adams wrote.

He's cultivated a relationship with the president, and Trump wrote the forward to Adams's "Alpha Kings" book last year, calling Adams a "good friend."

"When somebody comes from another land and wants nothing more than to be an American, to uphold American values and patriotic spirit, it's something that I truly appreciate," Trump wrote in the brief book intro. "That's Nick Adams."

Adam's header image on his X profile refers to himself as “President Trump's Favorite Author."

Rolling Stone referred to Adams in a story Thursday as a "Hooters-obsessed MAGA diehard" whose online posts have prompted speculation that he's "a performance artist."

Adams frequently writes posts about his trips to the Hooters chain restaurant.

"I am calling on men everywhere to rescue the great American institution called Hooters!" he wrote in a February post amid reports that the chain was struggling financially. "Crooked Joe Biden tried to destroy it, but we are living in President Trump's Golden Age!"

"Hooters will rise again, bigger and better than ever before! We will MAKE HOOTERS GREAT AGAIN!" he added.

Adams also has posted frequently about his interactions with women, whom he frequently uses the Aussie slang "sheila" to describe.

"I went on a date with an extremely attractive girl this evening and took her to a very classy restaurant. We sat down and I instantly asked who she will be voting for this November," he wrote last year. "She said Kamala Harris. Without hesitation, I got up and left. She can order an Uber home."

He followed that by urging followers to reject women who don't support Trump.

"It’s time to give the sheila’s an ultimatum — vote for President Trump this November or get DUMPED!" he wrote.

The ambassador nomination reignited questions about the authenticity of his online persona, which he maintains is real. Meanwhile, the South China Morning Post reported that overseas diplomats were concerned by the nomination.

"It’s a surprising pick that favors political loyalists over those who actually fit the post," an unnamed diplomat based in Kuala Lumpur told the outlet.