Forward Kentucky: A brief history of ‘America First’ – then, and now
Berry Craig
By IVONNE ROVIRA
Most of Forward Kentucky’s readers aren’t surprised that disgraced former President Trump is playing kissy-face with his BFF, strongman Vladimir Putin, and that the MAGA lick boots are following suit. However, a brief — very brief — history of the America First movement makes it likely that the extremist, fire-eating wing of the GOP would have been likely to side with America’s enemy anyway.
Trump, I’m sure, has no idea of the origins of the term “America First.” (Why would he when he doesn’t know anything else?) But I’m pretty sure the term was coined by his shaggy sidekick Steve Bannon, a neo-Nazi provocateur and strategist, and I’m sure Bannon knew exactly what the first America First movement was about.