Adin Ross Says He No Longer Supports Donald Trump and Regrets the 2024 Stream That Put Trump in Front of Millions of Young Viewers

Adin Ross says he is done with Donald Trump. On a call during Akademiks’ Kick stream on Monday, the streamer said he no longer supports Trump and will not stream with him again.

That is a complete reversal from August 2024, when Ross hosted Trump at Mar-a-Lago for a Kick livestream that peaked at more than 580,000 live viewers and became the defining moment of Trump’s push for young male voters online. Ross gifted Trump a Tesla Cybertruck and a Rolex during the stream, and Trump told him the next one would happen at the White House.

DJ Akademiks holding his phone on his Kick stream during a call with Adin Ross
Akademiks on his Kick stream during the call with Ross on Monday

Ross is not the only big name backing away. Podcasters and streamers who amplified Trump in 2024, among them Joe Rogan, Theo Von and Andrew Schulz, have spent the past year publicly questioning his administration, from mass deportations to foreign spending. Ross’s break lands one day before the midterm elections.

Adin Ross in 2021
Adin Ross. Photo: Lou Wop via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

The White House stream Ross was promised in 2024 is not happening now. As of Monday afternoon, Trump had not responded.

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