Welcome to America! Trump names 'manosphere' troll as tourism envoy [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Tue 24 Mar 2026 13.59 EDT
Last modified on Tue 24 Mar 2026 15.46 EDT


Donald Trump’s appointment of Nick Adams, the “alpha male” Australian turned American internet provocateur as a new special presidential envoy on Tuesday, could give fuel to theories that the White House is deliberately trolling the world.

The president nominated the Sydney-born Maga influencer, who has a history of theatrically inflammatory and Islamophobic comments, as ambassador to Malaysia in July, but the Senate returned the appointment without a confirmation vote in January and Trump did not re-submit him. The White House said on Tuesday that Adams has now been appointed special presidential envoy for tourism, exceptionalism and American values.

“Nick Adams is an America First patriot who will represent our country well as we celebrate our Nation’s 250th anniversary of independence, and we look forward to working with him to further showcase and advance America’s excellence across the world stage,” said the White House spokesperson Davis Ingle.

Adams was once Australia’s youngest deputy mayor. He then began posting on X as an “alpha male” influencer, with over-the-top comments featuring fabricated overheard conversations and fanciful vignettes that were first taken as a parody of rightwing manosphere commentary. His most quoted post read: “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.”

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