All posts tagged "America First"

Conservative writer William Kristol is blaming Donald Trump for killing MAGA's winning "America First" slogan as he continues to meddle in foreign affairs.

The isolationist "America First" motto was coined by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 as he pledged to keep the U.S. out of WWI. Trump used it in his 2024 campaign to rail against globalization, but that's far from what's been happening during his second term, Kristol wrote in a new article for The Bulwark.

Under the headline, "'America First' Is Dead And Donald Trump Killed It," Kristol wrote, "The fact is, for all the talk about rejecting 'globalists,' the experience of the Trump administration is one of intervening, repeatedly, in global affairs."...

U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Sunday insisted a position she is taking is "NOT antisemitic."

Greene, who has been accused of antisemitism related to her prior comments, took to X over the weekend to declare that some people are showing they aren't "real" America First MAGA patriots.

"Everyone is finding out who are real America First/MAGA and who were fake and just said it because it was popular. Unfortunately the list of fakes are becoming quite long and exposed themselves quickly," she said. "Anyone slobbering for the U.S. to become fully involved in the Israel/Iran war is not America First/MAGA."...

Lev Parnas, a former Donald Trump associate who served time for campaign finance violations, claimed in a new Substack article that the scales are falling from the eyes of MAGA stalwarts who aren't liking what they see the president doing to the country.

The biggest dissenter thus far, according to Parnas, is Elon Musk, who has turned on Trump like a viper just days after being ushered out of the White House with a gold commemorative key in thanks for his work on the Department of Government Efficiency.

Musk eviscerated Trump's pride-and-joy -- the "big, beautiful bill" that has become the cornerstone of his second term....