Malaysians cheer as US drops ‘alpha male’ ambassador pick Nick Adams

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The news rippled through Malaysian social media with something close to glee.Nick Adams, the Australian-born, self-described “alpha male” whom US President Donald Trump had nominated as ambassador to Kuala Lumpur, was not coming after all.“They do listen sometimes,” said Muhammad Izuan Ahmad Kasim, a youth leader from the People’s Justice Party who had been among the dozens who marched to the US embassy last July demanding Washington reconsider the appointment.Adams himself offered a very...