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Malaysia confronts the realities of MAGA diplomacy and Trump’s brash ambassadorial pick

  • Written by Meredith Weiss, Professor of Political Science, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageDonald Trump's nomination of right-wing influencer Nick Adams as U.S. ambassador to Malaysia has not gone over well in Kuala Lumpur.Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s pick to be the United States’ next ambassador to Malaysia has raised more than a few eyebrows in the Southeast Asian nation. Right-wing influencer...

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