Adams often commented on political and social matters, although he said in 2016, “I don’t vote and I am not a member of a political party.”[86] As of 2008, Adams identified his views on social issues as “[leaning] libertarian, minus the crazy stuff”.[87] After endorsing Mitt Romney for the 2012 presidential election,[88] Adams endorsed Donald Trump in the following election. During that election, he wrote extensively on Trump, praising his persuasion skills[89][90] and later described his support for Trump as a factor in ending his public speaking career, as well as negatively impacting his income and friendships.[91][92] He also spoke against Trump’s opponent Hillary Clinton, expressing concerns that Clinton’s candidacy would lower the status of men in America.[93][94] In 2017, Adams described his views as supporting left-wing policies he perceived as realistic.[95]

Adams made various predictions about politics. Early in the 2016 election, Adams predicted Trump would win based on his analysis of how persuasive the candidates were. As Trump gained momentum, Adams’s election analysis gained media and popular attention.[21] Later (incorrect) predictions repeatedly featured in Politico magazine’s annual lists of “Worst Predictions”, including that one of Trump, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden would die from COVID-19 by the end of 2020,[96] that “Republicans will be hunted” if Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election[97] and that the 2024 presidential election would result in a “landslide” of claims the election was rigged and the results ultimately overturned in Trump’s favor by the Supreme Court.[98]

After a 2022 mass shooting, Adams opined that society leaves parents of troubled teenage boys with only two options: to either watch people die or murder their own son. He said his comments were inspired by his own stepson, who became addicted to drugs at the age of 14 and later died of a fentanyl overdose.[99][100] Adams was anti-masking and anti-COVID-19 vaccines,[101] and he believed that people unvaccinated against COVID-19 “came out the best” compared to vaccinated people.[102]

In a 2006 blog post, Adams asked if official figures of the number of deaths in The Holocaust were based on methodologically sound research.[103][35] In 2023, Adams suggested the 2017 Unite the Right rally was “an American intel op against Trump”.[104] In 2020, Adams said that the Dilbert TV show was cancelled because he was white and UPN had decided to focus on an African-American audience, and that he had been discriminated against.[105] In a series of comic strips in September 2022, Dilbert parodied environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) strategies. Part of the plotline involved a black character who “identif[ied] as white” and the company management asking him if he could also identify as gay.[106]