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The first episode of the documentary series *America: The MAGA Schism* traces the return of the slogan “America First” to American politics—from Woodrow Wilson’s use of it in 1915 and the 1940 committee opposing U.S. entry into World War II, to the United States’ postwar emergence as a power leading the international order. The episode links growing opposition to this role to the wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan; the decline of industry and the 2008 financial crisis; and, later, the Tea Party movement. Donald Trump brought these positions together in his 2016 campaign, built around a foreign policy that put America first, economic nationalism, and tighter border security. At his 2017 inauguration, he declared the slogan a guiding principle. But the episode concludes that MAGA encompasses two currents that Trump’s ascent to the presidency did not manage to unite: one that seeks to reduce foreign engagement and direct resources inward, and another that sees the restoration of American greatness as dependent on asserting U.S. influence around the world.
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