A History of the Slogan "America First"

And why you have to be either stupid or evil to use it

@professormeredith"America First" is always a red flag. #redflags #americanhistory #americafirst

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@professormeredithReplying to @Harold Bastian a brief history of #americafirst and why anyone using it is a 🚩. #americanhistory #ww2history #charleslindbergh

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America First is a slogan with a LOT of baggage. Here’s a few links to the background of the statement.

America First:the Anti-War Movement, Charles Lindbergh and the Second World War, 1940-1941

How “America First” ruined the “American dream”

Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/2002712457/

Dr. Seuss Satirized “America First” Decades before Donald Trump Made It Policy

America First and WWII

A Ku Klux Klan parade in Binghamton, New York, in the 1920s. Photograph: Bettmann Archive

Ku Klux Klan at a rally c. 1970 by Photographer Mark Foley