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America First
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Etymology
First used by the Know-Nothings in the 1850s. Later promoted by President Woodrow Wilson in the context of a neutral America in World War I (1916). Re-popularized during the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign.
Proper noun
- (US politics) A series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism.
- 2025 February 7, Andrew Natsios, “Don't Gut USAID”, in Foreign Affairs, archived from the original on 27 September 2025:
- The State Department, implementing an executive order from President Donald Trump, described the purpose of the halt as ensuring that foreign aid is “efficient and consistent with U.S. foreign policy under the America First agenda” and announced it would review all aid programs to determine which should be cut or redesigned.
Derived terms
Related terms
- America Alone
- Israel-firster
Translations
political movements in the United States
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