{"id":942,"date":"2018-04-27T23:18:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T03:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=942"},"modified":"2018-04-30T23:26:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T03:26:25","slug":"what-does-america-first-really-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=942","title":{"rendered":"What does \u2018America first\u2019 really mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0<\/span>Jenna Johnson<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>April 27<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Email the author<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Top, from left: John Rausch, Alysha Nishikawa, Jose Antonio Colina, Sandra Jones. Bottom, from left: Jitu Brown, Mariam Zaiat, Bill Campbell. (Daniel Heyman, Scott McIntyre, Joyce Koh, Adeshina Emmanuel, Trevor Bach, Allyson Crowell\/For The Washington Post)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In the past three weeks, President Trump has bombed Syria, hosted his first state dinner, signaled that he\u2019s open to brokering a new deal to constrain Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons program and explored rejoining a trade deal with Pacific Rim countries that he pulled out of last year. He has praised North Korea\u2019s leader as \u201cvery honorable\u201d for considering negotiations, and he appeared to take some credit Friday for the \u201chistoric meeting\u201d between the leaders of North and South Korea.<\/p>\n

This nontraditional president frequently sums up his approach to foreign policy with two words: \u201cAmerica first.\u201d<\/p>\n

That philosophy has meant tweeted attacks on fellow world leaders, efforts to dramatically reduce the number of refugees allowed into the United States, threats of tariffs and deep cuts to the State Department\u2019s budget. But Trump has also made a string of decisions that seem to conflict with his \u201cAmerica first\u201d agenda, often at the urging of his Cabinet members or fellow Republicans who worry about the United States preserving its alliances and upholding its position in the world.<\/p>\n

As part of The Washington Post\u2019s Of America series, we dispatched seven reporters across the country to ask what \u201cAmerica first\u201d really means \u2014 and what role the United States should play in the world.<\/p>\n

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