Malaysians urge government to reject Nick Adams as US envoy
Political parties, parliamentarians among those pressing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to reject Adams as ambassador over his ‘vocal support of Israel’s Zionist regime’
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia (MNTV) – Malaysians are urging their government to reject President Donald Trump’s appointment of conservative Nick Adams as the US ambassador to their country, reports The Straits Times.
Political parties, parliamentarians and members of the public are pressing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government to reject Adams as ambassador to the country over his “vocal support of Israel’s Zionist regime”.
Adams, 40, has a reputation for making incendiary social media posts. Adams, born in Sydney, immigrated to the US in 2012. If confirmed by the Senate, he would replace Edgard Kagan, who took the job less than 16 months ago.
Although Adams, who became a US citizen in 2021, does have prior political experience, he has never been a diplomat. He was a member of Australia’s Liberal Party before being driven out over an offensive rant about a journalist.
“Nick Adams is not a diplomat, not a statesman,” Mus’ab Muzahar from Amanah (Trust) party, a member of the ruling coalition, said. “He’s merely an extreme right-wing propagandist, a Trumpist and vocal supporter of Israel’s Zionist regime. His social media rhetoric is full of hatred, racism and Islamophobic sentiments,” he added.
Muzahar warned that Malaysia was “not a testing ground for US political puppets”.
Mohamed Sukri Omar, an official of Parti Islam Se-Malaysia, said the government should take a firm and clear stance against the nomination.
“Nick Adams is not just a controversial figure. He openly spreads hatred towards Islam and supports the Zionist colonial regime without consideration,” Omar said.
He said Adams once pressured a restaurant in the US to fire a waitress simply for wearing a “Free Palestine” pin. “This is an inhumane act that demonstrates extreme and hateful attitudes towards the oppressed Palestinian people’s struggle,” he said.
His statement referred to a post of X, where Mr Adams proudly claimed to have gotten a waitress fired for wearing a “Free Palestine” pin.
“I won’t tolerate being served by those who support terror, I stand with Israel,” Adams wrote in the post dated 5 August 2024.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (People’s Justice Party) Youth International Relations Bureau warned that Adams’s nomination was being viewed with concern due to his “extremist ideologies and divisive rhetoric.”
“Such a rejection should not be misconstrued as hostility but rather seen as a necessary measure to safeguard the integrity of bilateral relations and ensure that diplomatic envoys can contribute constructively, in a manner aligned with the shared aspirations of both nations,” the bureau’s chief, Arief Izuadin, said.
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