Atlantic Mag Attempts to Link Fringe Weirdo 'Looksmaxxing' to Trump Supporters

Newsbusters ^ | January 20, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

"There's more to life than being really, really, really ridiculously good looking." ---Derek Zoolander

So how far has the quality of writing at Atlantic magazine declined due to their TDS having become so overwhelming that they will stoop to any low in a pathetic attempt to smear those who support President Donald Trump? Well, the standards at that periodical have plunged so far that they are now even trying to link a fringe wacko group with MAGA. Very few people have ever heard of something called "Looksmaxxing" yet it is now being presented as a major movement of our era according to the latest smear campaign posing as an article on Monday by Thomas Chatterton Williams in "‘Looksmaxxing’ in the Age of Trump."

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KEYWORDS: looksmaxxing; nickfuentes; weirdos

[PJ-Comix]

No big surprise that the INCEL known as Nick Fuentes is into this BS.

[ClearCase_guy]

Looksmaxxing is the height of “performative” culture.

Is MAGA a “performative” movement? Or is it centered on more authentic and traditional values that one feels deeply in their heart?

Is Woke a “performative” movement? Posting selfies to Facebook? Making sure your friends on Instagram know that you yelled at ICE today? Holding all the correct views on all the issues? Diversity? Tolerance? Does everyone know how special you are?

Looksmaxxing isn’t even slightly MAGA.

[irishjuggler]

We live in strange times... I had never heard of “looksmaxxing” or anything like it until, well, reading this article 2 minutes ago. Similarly, until this morning, I had literally no knowledge whatsoever that David Beckham and his Spice-Girl wife had a son named Brooklyn who’s very controversial... until I woke up this morning to seemingly half the western world discussing this factoid.

[RightOnTheBorder]

I saw the Knowles interview mentioned in the article (at least 10 minutes before I lost interest) and Looksmaxxing adherents may share a dislike of leftist aesthetics but that is about where the overlap with MAGA ends.

[CaptainK]

The Beckhams have in-law problems. A tale as old as time.

[sopo]

Nick Fuentes ♥ Gavin Newsome

[Libloather]

Can I help it if I look good?

[Hammerhead]

I hate that obnoxious clown.

[Bigg Red]

Well, the good news is that nobody pays attention to “Atlantic” anymore.

[Thank You Rush]

I hadn’t heard anything about this but I do know that we are for sure not waking up any morning to the way things were when we went to bed....Don’t blink - things will have changed overnight!