America First en · PROPN
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.
Meanings
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(US) A series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism.
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.
2025 February 7, Andrew Natsios, “Don't Gut USAID”, in Foreign Affairs, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2025:
Deriveds
Relateds
Groyper · Israel-firster · America Alone · MAGA
Translations (4)
sw Marekani Kwanza (political movements in the United States) · ka ამერიკა უპირველეს ყოვლისა (political movements in the United States) · ka ამერიკა პირველ რიგში (political movements in the United States) · cmn 美國優先 /美国优先 (political movements in the United States)
wikipedia: Woodrow Wilson · wikipedia: Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign