Adams, 40, was born in Australia and is a naturalised US citizen.
“Single. Alpha Male. Wildly Successful. Built like a Greek God. President Trump’s favourite author,” Adams has described himself on social media platform X.
He has also said on X that “if you stand with Palestine you stand with radical Islamic terrorists and Jew hatred”.
Malaysia has no diplomatic ties with Israel and has repeatedly condemned its actions in Gaza and elsewhere.
Kuala Lumpur and Washington are also locked in tariff negotiations after the Trump administration threatened to slap a 25 per cent tariff on imports from Malaysia.
Diplomats agreed that Adams’s nomination, which has yet to be confirmed, has placed Anwar’s government in a delicate position.
It must negotiate a trade deal with Washington as an Aug 1 deadline approaches while also trying to mitigate growing calls to reject Adams’s appointment to the country of 34.5 million people.
“The ambassadorship to Malaysia is not a paid holiday job for any loyalist … or any Tom, Dick or Nick,” Raja Ahmad Iskandar Fareez, a 36-year-old protester, told AFP.
“In a very uncertain world that we are living in today, we need a skilful diplomat with a steady hand that understands the culture, that understands the nuances of Malaysia,” he said.
Adams said in an online statement after his nomination that it was “nothing short of a lifetime’s honour to take the President’s goodwill and spread it to the great people of Malaysia”.
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