"This summer, President Donald Trump told my colleague Michael Scherer that "America First" means whatever he decides it means. Now-as he blows up boats near Venezuela, amasses military assets near its coast, calls for the closure of its airspace, and tries to oust its leader-he is testing the limits of the term."
"Casting Paul, of all people, as a foe of "America First" is a hard sell. His father, Ron Paul, ran for president three times as an anti-war libertarian. When the GOP was still enamored of Bush, Dick Cheney, and their most hawkish allies, Rand Paul was already a stalwart antagonist of the foreign-policy establishment, critiquing wars launched by Bush and Barack Obama and urging Congress to stop new wars."
President Donald Trump declared that "America First" means whatever he decides while escalating actions near Venezuela, including blowing up boats, amassing military assets, calling to close airspace, and seeking to oust its leader. Trump campaigned on an "America First" foreign policy appealing to a war-weary nation but has not been ideologically committed to restraint. Senator Rand Paul has emerged as the most outspoken critic of Trump's hawkish shift, drawing on an antiwar libertarian background and constitutional conservatism. Paul warns that an invasion would dissolve the movement, while Trump threatens land strikes and disparages Paul as opposed to MAGA and America First.
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