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Undated: America First refers to a foreign policy in the United States that emphasizes American nationalism and anti-interventionism.

America First has sometimes been used as a slogan by some Republicans in later periods, notably by Pat Buchanan, who praised the anti-WWII America First Committee and said "the achievements of that organization are monumental."[5] Buchanan's "call for an America First foreign policy has been compared with the America First Committee.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_%28policy%29

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December 26: Trump swears his administration will only 'buy American and hire American'

What he didn't explain in his Instagram vow, however, is why his businesses haven't yet followed those rules that he claims to be so "simple." In the last 15 years, Trump's businesses have hired "at least 1,256 foreign guest workers," CNN reported. Since Trump launched his presidential campaign in 2015, his companies have requested "at least 190 foreign visa workers."

Most recently, it was reported that the Trump Winery vineyard is looking to hire six foreign workers to start just days after Trump is sworn in as president. Trump also reportedly got approval from the U.S. Labor Department in October to hire 64 foreign workers to fill temporary jobs over the winter at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/669936/trump-swears-administration-only-buy-american-hire-american

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Undated:
Was 'America First' a Slogan of the Ku Klux Klan? ... The white supremacist group made frequent use of the slogan more recently embraced by President Donald Trump, though they did not, as some claim, invent it.
https://www.snopes.com/america-first-ku-klux-klan-slogan/

January 20: "From this day forward, a new vision will govern... it's going to be only America first, America first", the US president told the crowd at his inauguration.
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-38698654/donald-trump-america-first-america-first

April 18: Trump’s ‘Hire American’ overhaul could damage pro-business agenda
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/18/trumps-hire-american-overhaul-could-damage-pro-business-agenda.html

June 2: Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate change treaty is the most emphatic answer to date on the question the rest of the world has been asking since January: What does “America first” mean?

“I am elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” the president declared

With those words, the US joined Nicaragua and Syria in rejection of an accord signed by 195 states which was voluntary and open to amendment from within.

The UN climate change envoy, Ireland’s former president, Mary Robinson, declared the decision made the US “a rogue state on the international stage.”
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/abandoning_paris_climate_accord_marks_trumps_return_to_angry_populism/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2eKLp5q41wIVglh-Ch3UEgK9EAMYAyAAEgL6wfD_BwE

June 2: Trump's "America First" is America the Small
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/06/02/trumps-america-first-is-america-the-small/

November 5: Trump, who urged people to 'hire American,' secures 70 foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/11/05/trump-who-urged-people-to-hire-american-secures-70-foreign-workers-for-mar-a-lago/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fec484bcda2c

November 11: On his third day in office [last January], President Trump signed an executive memorandum withdrawing the United States from a 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade accord that had been painstakingly negotiated over a decade by two of his White House predecessors.

“Everyone knows what that means, right?” Trump asked rhetorically in the Oval Office. It meant, he said, that the country would start winning again in the face of unchecked globalization that had harmed ordinary Americans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-america-first-looks-more-and-more-like-america-alone/2017/11/11/5cffa150-c666-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html?utm_term=.a088c422b36f

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November 11: As the president [went] to a regional summit in the Vietnamese city of Danang, news broke that the 11 nations that had once looked to U.S. leadership to seal the deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership had moved on without the United States and announced a tentative agreement among themselves.

... It marked a stunning turnabout that foreign-policy analysts warned could further erode U.S. standing at a time when China is embarked on a major economic expansion and further undermine global confidence in the United States’ ability to organize the world around its own liberal values.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-america-first-looks-more-and-more-like-america-alone/2017/11/11/5cffa150-c666-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html?utm_term=.a088c422b36f

November 11: "President Trump today stated that he believed Vladimir Putin is being sincere when he denies Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and reiterated that he hopes to cooperate with Russia in Syria," [Senator John] McCain, a strong critic of the President, said in a statement. "There's nothing 'America First' about taking the word of a KGB colonel over that of the American intelligence community. ..."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/11/politics/john-mccain-donald-trump-russia/index.html

December 19: Trump’s ‘America First’ Strategy Is Old Hat  ... Ignore the furor over the president’s national security strategy. In focusing on the domestic economy, he’s on the right track.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/19/trump-national-security-strategy-america-first-216120

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January 18: Trump’s “America First” Policy Could Cripple the U.S. Solar Industry

The president is about to make a decision that could cost more jobs than the entire coal industry, and Republicans aren't happy about it.
https://newrepublic.com/article/146619/trumps-america-first-policy-cripple-us-solar-industry

January 20: A year of Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda has radically changed the U.S. role in the world
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-year-of-trumps-america-first-agenda-has-radically-changed-the-us-role-in-the-world/2018/01/20/c1258aa6-f7cf-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html?utm_term=.a96bd0361ed6

January 21: Europe readies riposte to Trump's 'America First' push in Davos
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-davos-meeting/europe-readies-riposte-to-trumps-america-first-push-in-davos-idUSKBN1FA098

January 22: Trump’s ‘America First’ Message Is a Case of Rhetoric vs. Reality—So Far

One year after Trump’s inaugural, the results are far murkier than his blunt warning to allies suggested.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-america-first-message-is-a-case-of-rhetoric-vs-realityso-far-1516638295

January 22: ‘America First’ Polls Poorly in Other Countries. Trump Backers Don’t Care.
http://dailysignal.com/2018/01/22/why-america-first-polls-poorly-outside-america/

January 23: How U.S. Allies Are Adapting to "America First"
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2018-01-23/how-us-allies-are-adapting-america-first

January 23: Trump’s “America First” policy on solar panels will likely benefit… China
https://qz.com/1186661/trumps-america-first-policy-on-solar-panels-will-likely-benefit-china/

January 23: President Trump slaps tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels. That’s for starters. We’re looking at the risk and reality of his “America First” trade policy.
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/01/23/trumps-america-first-trade-policy-takes-shape-with-tariffs-on-solar-panels-and-more


January 23: Trump's 'America First' tariffs are insignificant, Nissan Chairman says
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/trumps-america-first-tariffs-are-insignificant-nissan-chairman-says

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January 24: Trump aides in Davos say 'America First' doesn't mean 'America alone'
http://theweek.com/speedreads/750550/trump-aides-davos-say-america-first-doesnt-mean-america-alone

January 24: US aggressively defends 'America First' agenda ahead of Trump's visit to Davos ... Senior U.S. officials hit back on Wednesday against suggestions that President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda was hurting globalization and trade, setting an aggressive tone ahead of the U.S. president's visit to the World Economic Forum.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/24/us-aggressively-defends-america-first-agenda-ahead-of-trumps-visit-to-davos.html

January 24: President Trump is arriving at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to explain his “America First” approach at a moment when the world is moving ahead with a trade agenda that no longer revolves around the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/us/politics/trump-trade-america-first-davos.html


January 25: Davos Elite Brace for Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda
https://www.voanews.com/a/davos-elite-brace-for-trump-america-first-agenda/4224266.html

January 26: Donald Trump makes 'America First but not alone' sales pitch in Davos

"There has never been a better time to hire, to build, to invest and to grow in the United States.

"America is open for business and we are competitive once again.
https://www.eagleradio.co.uk/news/business-news/2487545/boos-as-donald-trump-attacks-fake-media-during-davos-speech/

January 27:
Evaluating Trump's 'America First' Trade Policies
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/27/581269019/evaluating-trumps-america-first-trade-policies

January 27: America First Triumphs in Davos
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/01/donald-trumps-2018-davos-strategy-was-brilliant-stroke/

January 29: North Korea Says Trump's 'America First' Will End U.S. 'Empire of Evils'
http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-says-trump-america-first-end-us-empire-evils-794617

January 29: Trump’s “America First” Message At Davos Flies In The Face Of Solar Tariffs ... his promise that “America is open for business” and his intention to put “America first” is undermined by his recent decision to impose tariffs on solar cells and modules (as well as washing machines).
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/01/29/trumps-america-first-message-davos-flies-face-solar-tariffs/

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February 13: 3 Trump properties posted 144 openings for seasonal jobs. Only one went to a US worker.

“America First” doesn’t seem to apply to the president’s own businesses.
https://www.vox.com/2018/2/13/16466542/trump-h-2b-guest-workers

February 13: Bill and Melinda Gates' annual letter blasts Trump's respect for women ... Trump's proposed cuts to foreign aid would impede the foundation's efforts toward fighting poverty, illness, and hunger abroad.
http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-trump-america-first-2018-2

February 14: Bill & Melinda Gates: It's 'Not Fair' We're So Wealthy; Criticize Trump On America First
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogeraitken/2018/02/14/bill-melinda-gates-its-not-fair-were-so-wealthy-criticize-trump-on-america-first/#7ae38064c9ff

May 5: Trump floats 'closing up the country for a while' over border security
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/05/politics/donald-trump-border-wall-close-country-remark/index.html

June 8: Under Trump, “America First” Really Is Turning Out to Be America Alone

From trade to the Iran deal to NAFTA, the President has created the highest level of tension between the U.S. and its allies in decades.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/under-trump-america-first-really-is-turning-out-to-be-america-alone

June 26: “America First” President Threatens to Destroy American Company

Trump is not handling Harley-Davidson’s post-tariffs announcement well.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/donald-trump-threatens-to-destroy-harley-davidson

June 27: Harley-Davidson: The oddity of the ‘America First’ president bashing a classic American brand
https://www.washingtonpost.com/

July 5: Chinese company producing Trump 2020 flags despite looming trade war
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/china-trade-trump-2020-flags/index.html

September 7: The Cost of American Retreat

The world order that the U.S. built after World War II required sacrifice and commitment, but it brought unprecedented benefits. What happens if it disappears?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/thecost-of-american-retreat-1536330449

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