Today’s Sinister Echo Of ‘America First’

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When former President Donald Trump first adopted “America First” as a slogan for his movement, nobody could be sure whether he had done so from sheer ignorance of its disgraceful history – or from a knowing malevolence. But as Trump and his far-right followers voice support for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, that old phrase resonates with a sinister intensity. Joining with the other global gangsters who oppose liberal democracy […]

Joe Conason
Joe Conason
Joe Conason is an American journalist, author and liberal political commentator. He writes a column for Salon.com and has written a number of books, including Big Lies, which addresses what he says are myths spread about liberals by conservatives.