President Donald Trump has nominated a former Sydney deputy mayor to serve as the next US Ambassador to Malaysia.
Nick Adams, a staunch Trump supporter and former mayor of Ashfield, in Sydney’s inner-west, described the appointment as the ‘honour of a lifetime’.
Trump confirmed the nomination on Thursday, speaking highly of Mr Adams.
‘I am pleased to announce that Nick Adams will be nominated as the next United States Ambassador to Malaysia,’ he wrote.
‘Nick is an incredible Patriot and very successful entrepreneur, whose love of, and devotion to, our Great Country is an inspiration.
‘Nick is a bestselling author, speaker, and commentator. Nick graduated from the University of Sydney and, since then, has made it his life’s mission to extol the Virtues of American Greatness. Congratulations Nick!’
The nomination, which is yet to be confirmed by the US Senate, caps a remarkable rise from a local Sydney politician to one of Trump’s most vocal champions.
He became ‘s youngest-ever deputy mayor, elected at the age of 21, before being threatened with a suspension from the Liberal Party following a verbal altercation with a Channel Ten reporter.
In 2009, he was filmed verbally abusing former Channel Ten journalist Brett Mason, who was covering his reported repeat absences from council meetings.
The state Liberal Party threatened to suspend him, though Mr Adams reportedly later said he quit the party prior to any suspension.
He emigrated to the US in 2012 on the so-called Einstein Visa, which is awarded to people with extraordinary abilities, and rose to fame just five years later when Trump hailed his book on legal immigration as a ‘must-read’.
Mr Adams, who then became an American citizen in 2021, used his popularity among MAGA fans to grow his Alpha Male movement to new heights.
Just last month, he marked the celebration of a made-up ‘Alpha Male Awareness Month’ – which is not recognised by any government or major charitable organisation.
The Malaysian ambassador hopeful has also suggested the presence of his male friends is more valuable than holding intimate relationships with women.
‘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?’ he once tweeted.
‘Sorry ladies, but that’s an easy choice. I’d rather horse around with the boys 10/10.’
Since relocating to the US, he has used his social media presence to campaign for, among other things, the preservation of American restaurant chain Hooters.
The popular wing spot, known for its scantily clad waitresses dressed in tight tank tops and orange booty shorts, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
But Mr Adams was quick to rush to the restaurant’s defence while also blaming President Joe Biden for its looming demise.
‘Bidenflation, combined with the woke un-Americanism of the Democrats has caused terrible harm to one of our country’s great institutions,’ he said of Hooters.
‘I personally volunteer myself to lead a Presidential Taskforce For The Preservation of Hooters. We must fight for our pitchers of ice cold domestics! We must fight for our women! We must fight for our chicken wings! MAKE HOOTERS GREAT AGAIN!!’
In one tweet, he declared, ‘I go to Hooters. I eat rare steaks. I lift extremely heavy weights. I read the Bible every night. I am pursued by copious amounts of women.’
He also urged his critics to ‘hate me because I have the body of a Greek God’.
Mr Adams has also used his social media platform to punch at M&Ms parent company Mars for its promotional campaign honouring inspirational women.
In 2023, the sweets maker debuted ‘all-female’ candy packages as a way to ‘celebrate women everywhere who are flipping the status quo’.
But Mr Adams was unamused and accused the company of trying to ‘brush their sexism under the rug’ as he urged other men to boycott their products.
He demanded Mars ‘issue a formal apology to men, and ONLY men’ and said ‘fair reparations must be paid’.
‘Until these demands are met, we will continue our full boycott of M&Ms,’ he tweeted at the time.
He also launched what he dubbed an ‘Alpha Male Challenge’ that encouraged men to purchase the ‘largest bag of M&Ms you can find’ and ‘destroy’ every piece of candy inside.
Mr Adams urged his followers to then ‘Take a photo of your CRUSHED woke M&Ms and post it on social. Make sure you tag Mars!’
Before packing for the US, he made local headlines for his 2005 proposal to eradicate pigeons from his inner-west electorate to prevent the spread of bird flu.
‘Ashfield should be inhospitable to pigeons,’ he told the council.
‘Avian influenza does not respect borders… I’m not an expert. I’m not an accountant. I’m certainly not a pest controller. Don’t ask me about procedure. What I would like to see is no pigeons in our area.’