What is America First?

For the past week, people like Candace Owens and “The Hodge Twins” tried to tell us they knew what it meant better than President Trump did.

Complete nonsense.

Meanwhile, I told you President Trump more than anyone on this planet has proven he deserves our trust and confidence as he navigates extremely dangerous and tricky world diplomacy.

It turns out, Trump was right again and Trump won again — just like we told you.

Trump won, the Panicans lost.

Again.

But it was Laura Ingraham tonight who I thought brought a wonderful summary of AMERICA FIRST, starting with President Reagan and then expanding greatly with President Trump and his historic ceasefire with Iran and Israel.

I think you’re going to really enjoy this:

Laura Ingraham Gives Brilliant Summary of President Trump’s AMERICA FIRST Winning Strategy pic.twitter.com/zf3XZlwbiw

— Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) June 24, 2025

FULL TRANSCRIPT:

Bring to what will undoubtedly be a historic ceasefire with Israel.

Now, we’re gonna learn more of the specifics and the timing of all this, and bring all of that to you as the details come in.

But I thought now would be a good time to re-emphasize two words — “America first.”

At the cornerstone of Trump’s first two victories, of course, what set him apart from everyone else.

Think of how we arrived at this moment.

The story of 20th-century America is how we survived a dangerous period of wars and almost-wars.

And by the ’80s, under President Reagan, we became a nation with unparalleled military power and economic power.

It was peace through strength.

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Remember, Iran was so afraid of Reagan they released the 52 hostages it was holding minutes after he was inaugurated.

Then by the late 1980s, after two terms of Reagan, the USSR was driven to its knees.

Just couldn’t keep up with the US economic engine.

Now, I was a young staffer at the White House back then when Gorbachev made his historic trip to Washington.

The world was turning toward America.

But then the 21st century tells a very different story — one where our leadership squandered what we’d built,

with stupid trade moves and stupid wars,

only to leave us adrift in a very dangerous world.

Until, that is, Donald Trump came along.

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He told us it was time to get back to America first.

“My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people and American security above all else.

Has to be first. Has to be.

That will be the foundation of every single decision that I will make.

America — America first will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.”

Remember, the old establishment, they hated that.

They were like, “Well, what is he talking about?”

But his view, which was the correct one and really resonated with people,

is that you don’t fight wars you don’t have to fight.

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Give peace a real chance, diplomacy a real chance.

Rebuild our own country so we can remain free from foreign interference.

He believes American strength shouldn’t be wasted, but used wisely.

So on Saturday, as our Commander in Chief, with the intel he was given,

President Trump made this pivotal decision to move on Iran,

believing doing so was in the best interest of our country.

Keeping us safe from Iran’s nuclear tyranny, for him, was the ultimate putting America first.

So can you imagine where we’d be if Kamala were in the White House tonight?

Oh my gosh, her crew would have had her dithering, appeasing, in endless international meetings

that generated nothing but meaningless joint statements.

She would’ve had us rejoin that idiotic Iran nuclear deal that gave Iran the breathing room it needed.

She probably didn’t even understand the significance of the billions of dollars released to Iran under Obama and Biden.

And imagine taking advice — speaking of people you don’t want to listen to —

about any foreign policy matter, any advice whatsoever, from this guy.

“This is very dangerous. My hope is that this is more performative than consequential,

uh, and that it will satisfy their need to be able to respond.

Uh, I think President Trump needs to clearly, uh, you know,

be very judicious about measuring that and understanding it,

and hopefully, uh, take the higher ground of getting back to the table for the simple reason,

uh, that we don’t have any visibility anymore.”

Okay, grandma.

Now, this should be a time where we all come together around the simple idea

that the best path to keeping America safe, independent, free in the long term

is to ensure that we are as strong as possible as a nation.

Because, look, Iran is severely weakened by these strides.

They’ve agreed to the ceasefire.

But there are still plenty of surrogates of Iran’s who may still want to do us harm.

Undersecretary Pik— um, Undersecretary, uh, Pete Hegseth and General Dan Cain,

our military has thankfully returned to its original mission to protect and defend our country.

This is why recruiting is soaring in the military — because we are back to mission critical.

I join the president and the secretary in being incredibly proud of the air crews,

naval forces, cyber operators, planners, and support teams, and commanders who made this mission possible.

It is their skill, discipline, and teamwork that makes this operation possible.

I liked him in the Q&A. He’s no nonsense.

But things could’ve gone in a very different direction,

because this is where we were just a few short years ago.

“Today, we’re not here to be strong.

We’re not here to be courageous, even though for so many of you just coming to this event is an act of bravery.

Today, we are here to find joy.”

I’ll never for— I’ll never forget the f— the flag display there.

What a travesty.

The Supreme Leader was not hiding in a bunker during those years.

Now look, the point is if we’re going to be engaged in more military actions — and I hope we aren’t —

then we will have to focus everything we’ve got on our economy.

And Trump knows this better than anyone.

Which means we should not be dependent on any foreign country — especially China —

to supply us parts or computer chips or medicines, none of it.

And it means Congress can’t worship free trade over the need to rebuild our manufacturing base.

Trump’s tariffs were and are brilliant.

And no, costs aren’t being passed onto the consumers for the most part.

The experts were wrong about that once again.

Donald Trump’s commitment to restoring America’s industrial dominance, it’s not just bold, it is absolutely necessary.

Yeah, some things in the short term may be a little bit more inconvenient,

but in the long run, it means that we survive as an independent nation,

not as a supplicant to China or anyone else.

And beyond that, especially after tonight, we must be a country that loves itself again.

Our schools should reinforce patriotism, not undermine it.

If you’re a teacher and you spend most of your class time grousing about America,

you should be shown the door.

We need to go back to a time when America did not rely on foreign workers or illegal labor,

when our trade deficits weren’t in the hundreds of billions of dollars,

when our border was a given.

President Trump knows that too.

When even Hollywood would make the occasional feel-good, pro-American film.

How about that?

And while we can’t turn back time — I know everyone wants to sometimes or another —

we can learn the hard lessons once and for all.

America first. America always.

And that’s the angle.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.

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