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

1. (US politics) A series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism.

Derived terms

• America Firster

Related terms

• America Alone
• Israel-firster

See also

• Groyper
• MAGA

Translations

political movements in the United States

• Georgian: ამერიკა პირველ რიგში (ameriḳa ṗirvel rigši), ამერიკა უპირველეს ყოვლისა (ameriḳa uṗirveles q̇ovlisa)
• Swahili: Marekani Kwanza
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美國優先 / 美国优先 (Měiguó Yōuxiān)