Closing summary
This brings our live coverage to an end for the day but we will be back to continue chronicling the second Trump administration on Friday. Here are some of the day’s developments:
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking $20m in damages, alleging he was falsely imprisoned
A US district judge issued an injunction blocking Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, certifying a nationwide class of plaintiffs
Police in Scotland are bracing for protests against Trump before an expected visit later this month to his immigrant mother’s homeland, where he is spectacularly unpopular.
The US state department has announced that it plans to move forward with mass layoffs as part of the most significant restructuring of the country’s diplomatic corps in decades.
Senator Ruben Gallego introduced a one-page bill to codify into law the Federal Trade Commission’s “click to cancel” rule, one day after a federal appeals court blocked the rule.
Federal immigration officers, supported by national guard troops, used force against protesters, firing chemical munitions, during raids on two cannabis farms in California’s central coast area.
Trump nominated a far-right influencer to serve as US ambassador to Malaysia.
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Trump nominates far-right troll to serve as US ambassador to Malaysia
Donald Trump said on Thursday that he intends to nominate Nick Adams, a far-right immigrant from Australia, known for his belligerent social media posts, to serve as US ambassador to Malaysia.
The nomination of an internet troll known for advising men to be “alpha males” echoes Trump’s decision during his first term to dispatch the spectacularly undiplomatic operative Ric Grenell to serve as US ambassador to Germany. In 2018, Grenell immediately got to work as Trump’s representative by offending the German people with a tweet.
Following the news of Trump’s decision, first revealed on X by Adams himself, examples of his more extreme posts began to circulate on the platform.
“Unfortunately today it’s more important to be a minority than it is to be a qualified person,” Adams said in one clip. “The most persecuted group in the United States of America are straight, white, Christian men.”
In another, he made a show of boycotting the supposedly woke business of Pizza Hut, which he accused of spreading “drag queen propaganda” by screaming at the camera and then driving a golf cart over a pizza box.
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) March 6, 2023
I don't care how many pizzas you send me!
Pizza Hut's woke sausage stuffed cheesy crust pizza will NEVER pass my lips again.
The boycott stands! pic.twitter.com/DKRj0KBAZM
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