Streamer Adin Ross announced on Tuesday that he will be hosting former President Donald Trump for an interview. Ross — who has 4.4 million YouTube subscribers and a devoted fan base of young men — is linked to white nationalist Nick Fuentes and has hosted other neo-Nazis on his stream. Fuentes is an extremist and Holocaust denier who dined with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in 2022.
Donald Trump is set to be interviewed by streamer Adin Ross, who has hosted white nationalists and neo-Nazis
Ross is linked to white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who Trump dined with in 2022
Written by Justin Horowitz
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Ross announced that he will interview Trump on August 5
During a July 30 stream, Ross announced that he will be hosting Trump on his channel.
Ross streams on Kick, a Twitch rival streaming platform that has relaxed content moderation policies and creator-friendly revenue split. The platform has featured white nationalist and extremist-linked content creators. Ross currently has 1.3 million Kick subscribers.
“August 5, which is next Monday, I have this stream with the President Donald Trump,” Ross said. “We’ve been working on this for weeks — months. It’s officially locked in. It’s going to be insane.”
“It’s 100% locked in,” he added. “I just got the clearance to announce, and I just want to say so much thank you to the Trump team.”
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Ross is linked to white nationalist Nick Fuentes, has hosted neo-Nazis, and has a history of inflammatory rhetoric
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Ross has previously hosted Fuentes and advocated for him and other neo-Nazis to be allowed to stream on Kick. Ross also asked “to invite Paul Miller, a.k.a. GypsyCrusader, a notorious neo-Nazi who advocates for race war and was convicted on multiple firearms offenses in 2021, to join the site” and played a video of Miller dressed as Adolf Hitler and saying the N-word. [Rolling Stone, 4/2/23; Twitter/X, 2/26/23; The Washington Post, 6/23/21]
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In 2023, Ross called Fuentes into his stream to discuss the “Day of Hate,” a neo-Nazi call to action that was allegedly meant for supporters to spread antisemitic propaganda and cruelty. There was reportedly no violence. [Twitter/X, 3/17/23; CBS News, 2/24/23; Jewish Telegraph Agency, 2/26/23
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Ross told Fuentes that he is willing to help with rapper Ye’s (formerly Kanye West) short-lived presidential campaign. In 2022, Ye appeared on right-wing media to discuss his admiration for Hitler. [Twitter/X, 3/17/23; Forbes, 10/20/23; Media Matters, 12/1/22]
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Fuentes has discussed Ross and promoted his streaming content on his Telegram channel. [Telegram, 2/25/23, 12/12/22]
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During another 2023 stream, Ross hosted an anonymous neo-Nazi wearing a swastika mask with slurs written on it and a “Black Sun” neo-Nazi flag on his wall behind him. “I'm not trying to give you a platform,” Ross said, while giving him a platform. [Rolling Stone, 4/2/23; Twitter/X, 2/28/23; Newsweek, 7/24/23]
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Ross streamed pornographic content to his viewers, many of whom are likely under 18 years old. Ross later apologized. [Kotaku, 2/27/23; Twitter/X, 2/22/23]
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Ross was reportedly banned from Twitch in February 2023 for displaying his Kick comments section to his viewers, including “racist and anti-semitic messages.” [Dexerto, 2/27/23]
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Ross is closely linked to manosphere influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with rape and human trafficking. Tate has repeatedly promoted violence against women online. [Media Matters, 3/16/23, 12/11/23; The Associated Press, 7/16/24]
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Ross reportedly encouraged a fan to throw urine on a family member and “joked about giving his fan $20k if he slit his brother’s throat.” [Sportskeeda, 3/3/23; Daily Dot, 3/30/23]
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In an anti-trans reaction video, Ross said that his pronouns are “kill/them.” [Twitter/X, 3/30/23]
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