Nick Adams (commentator)

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Nicholas Adams
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Adams speaking at an event in 2021
Member of the Municipality of Ashfield Council
In office
2004–2009
Personal details
Born (1985-09-05) September 5, 1985 (age 39)[1]
Sydney, Australia
Political party Republican (United States)
Liberal (Australia)

Nick Adams (born Nicholas Adamopoulos) is an Australian-born American conservative political commentator and author.

Adams came to public attention on March 3, 2017, when Donald Trump made favorable comments and tweets about his work, notably a tweet promoting Adams' book Green Card Warrior[2] and a second tweet on August 25, 2017 promoting his book Retaking America.[3][4]

Early life and education

Adams' father is a Greek Australian.[5] Adams survived childhood cancer diagnosed at 16 months of age.[6] Adams went to university at the University of Sydney.[6][4]

Political career

Adams was elected to the Municipality of Ashfield council in 2004 on the Young Liberals ticket.[7] At age 21, he was elected as deputy mayor.[6] He was elected under a loophole which allowed Adams as a non-resident to run for elections.[8] He was criticized for often missing council meetings because he was traveling the American speaking circuit as a motivational speaker.[7] In October 2006, Adams was "formally condemned by fellow Councillors after racking up thousands of dollars worth of phone calls and Cabcharges for personal benefit."[9]

As a member of the Ashfield council, Adams denounced multiculturalism, saying "It creates groups and pockets of people that of course, then feel that there are certain elements of superiority and inferiority and I think that we need to be united."[10]

In 2009, he was given a six-month suspension from the Liberal Party of Australia for conduct deemed likely to "embarrass or cause damage to" the Party during an altercation with Brett Mason, a journalist for Channel Ten. Mason was filming a report on Adams' absences from the council due to overseas travel when Adams confronted him, stating, "I would just like to say that Brett Mason is a [expletive] good-for-nothing [expletive]. Thank you."[7][10][11][4]

President Donald Trump appointed Adams, in 2020, to the Board of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[12]

Political activism

Adams first visited the United States in 2009 as part of a speaking tour.[6]

In 2010, Adams served as the PR consultant for The Halloween Institute, a march to make Halloween a public holiday in Australia.[10] It was later revealed those who protested were paid actors.[10]

Adams immigrated to the United States in 2012.[7] He said that he immigrated to America because "I love guns, hot dogs, chicken fried steak, barbecue, cheerleaders, American football, small town parades, beauty pageants, pick-up trucks, muscle cars and 16-lane freeways lined with supersized American flags." He has said that since he held conservative views that he had to wait nearly five years to acquire citizenship because of discrimination by the Obama administration. Adams works as a motivational speaker and conservative activist. He has said that his fascination of the American political system lead him to promoting American ideals.[6] Then-Texas Governor Rick Perry crowned Adams an "honorary Texan" prior to a speech in 2013.[10]

Additionally, Adams has raised concerns that, "For several generations, we have not taught what it means to be an American. As a result, there are entire generations of Americans that don't have the faintest or foggiest idea of what it means to be an American. I personally visited 42 public schools last year and what I found was alarming. The next generation of leaders had next to no knowledge of the values or virtues or the documents of our country." As a result, in 2016, Adams founded a non-profit Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG) that promotes American exceptionalism at schools.[6] He has said that "[The United States] is not fulfilling its potential because of soy latte drinking effeminate men. It's time for the young men of America to put the iPhones and Starbucks down and pick up a Bible and eat a steak.[13]

Adams, in conjunction with FLAG and former interns for Antonin Scalia, have produced and distributed kid-friendly versions of the American constitution that promote constitutional rights and originalism.[10]

He served as a surrogate for the Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.[14] After the election, Adams promoted the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.[15]

In addition to appearing on Fox News and other conservative media outlets, Adams has been a columnist for Townhall.com and a "Centennial Institute Policy Fellow" at Colorado Christian University.[10]

Adams is known for his use of social media and has been described as a "Twitter troll."[16] On Twitter, he has described himself as a "wildly successful alpha male", claimed that Donald Trump has "a better backhand than Roger Federer" and said "raise your children to be like Kid Rock and Kyle Rittenhouse, NOT Taylor Swift and Harry Styles!"[16][13][17]

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