Look Who's Embracing 'America First' Now | Opinion
Jonathan Schanzer and Mark Dubowitz , Foundation for Defense of Democracies
On 3/2/21 at 7:00 AM EST
Countless news outlets have portrayed the nascent Biden administration's foreign policy as rapidly pivoting away from President Donald Trump's much-maligned "America First" approach toward "Americans together" or "America is back," to name just a few. The implication is that the United States will no longer prioritize its narrowly defined self-interest or pursue merely transactional deals at the expense of the greater good.
Broadly speaking, this explains why the United States is rejoining the World Health Organization (despite evidence of manipulation by the Chinese Communist Party) and the United Nations Human Rights Council (despite the litany of human rights abusers that lead it). The eschewing of "America First" also explains Biden's reticence to leave Afghanistan on a timeline-based withdrawal, his reversal of Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany and his emphasis on stronger transatlantic relationships that were strained by Trump's overzealous critiques of America's close European allies.
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-show-their-hypocrisy-america-first-opinion-1572981
