MAGA is scamming kids… Again.
It seems that bilking a kid or two is a rite of passage within the MAGA movement (lookin’ at you, Eric), and Nick Adams is no exception to that rule.
Adams is the founder of FLAG, the Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness, a Florida-based nonprofit program designed to bring high-quality civics education to students in Kindergarten through 12th grade across the United States. But, according to an eye-opening deep dive by Propublica, Adams’ non-profit is actually raking in a whole lot of profit… For Adams.
The FLAG founder, who was born in Australia and has morphed himself into a conservative commentator and MAGA influencer, has garnered himself intense attention and admiration from Donald Trump and his administration — serving as further proof, for what it’s worth, that Trump and his people are actually cool with immigrants, provided they’re not poor, Brown immigrants. Adams has grown so beloved by the President that he managed to secure himself a position as the special presidential envoy for American tourism, exceptionalism, and values, a made-up position created specifically for Adams by the Trump Admin after his nomination as ambassador to Malaysia fell through last year.