Etymology

America First

Today it means: A series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism. Full definition →

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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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.