America First

English 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 America first en US politics A series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism. en w:Andrew Natsios Don't Gut USAID Foreign Affairs (magazine) Foreign Affairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/andrew-natsios-usaid-trump-foreign-aid 2025-02-07 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260302130556/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/andrew-natsios-usaid-trump-foreign-aid 2 March 2026 Derived terms en America Firster Related terms en America Alone en Israel-firster Translations political movements in the United States Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 美國優先 Měiguó Yōuxiān Georgian: ka ამერიკა პირველ რიგში, ka ამერიკა უპირველეს ყოვლისა Swahili: sw Marekani Kwanza See also en MAGA Groyper en Conservatism Nationalism