The America First movement is a phenomenon of a coherent and discernible ideological cohort, even as its coalition is still emerging after a full decade in the mainstream. Our movement is rooted in the ideology of the American Founding and mediated through the historical lenses of traditionalist populism as expressed in the Jacksonian and Lincolnian inheritances. This civic inheritance is specifically American, but its fundamentals run deeper and more broadly than the American historical channel. The essential propositions of America First were, until the past century, those of political life nearly everywhere: that the state exists primarily for the benefit of the nation, and that the nation possesses unique and ineradicable qualities that are by their nature deserving of an active defense. The countries of the Western world that held fast to these principles prospered — and those that did not, as most now do not, are gripped in varying degrees of existential crisis. Reviving and restoring these commonplaces and fundamentals of Western civics are directly in the American interest. We know what a Western world ruled by globalism and progressivism looks like: it looks exactly like what we have now, a weak and enervated sphere overrun by mass migration and incompetent to meet the menaces of hostile powers. America and American security require strong partners, not weak ones — and we know that, just as Lafayette and Garibaldi saw the American example as essential inspiration and instruction for their own nations, there are patriots abroad who today look to America for their own direction. That inspiration, that instruction, and that partnership — in the American interest — is the mission of AFPI Global Coalitions.
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February 2, 2026
The Transatlantic Alliance Needs Strong Partners, Not Sentimentality
President Donald Trump’s address at the World Economic Forum in Davos was predictably met with a mix of applause, skepticism, and outright hostility, particularly over one flashpoint: Greenland. But reducing the speech to a single geopolitical controversy misses its broader significance. At Davos, Trump delivered not only a familiar defense of his economic record, but also a more revealing message about how he sees America’s relationship with Europe and the future of the transatlantic alliance.
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January 12, 2026
Immigration Restriction and the Positive Vision that Animates It
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January 9, 2026
Venezuela Exposes Western Europe’s Procedural Reflex
On January 3, 2026, the United States took historic action against a regime that had spent years exporting violence, narcotics, and instability far beyond its borders. In a joint operation involving the U.S. military and law enforcement, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and removed from the country. Venezuelans around the world have poured into the streets to celebrate the collapse of a brutal dictatorship.
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December 15, 2025
The American Interests at Stake in Spain
In November 2025, Senior Advisor to AFPI’s President, Joshua Treviño, and Director of Civilizational Action at AFPI, Kristen Ziccarelli, traveled to Madrid and met with governmental personnel, political-party leaders, and civil-society leaders in Spain.
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December 9, 2025
The U.K.’s Political Reckoning
Political instability is evident in the collapse of popular support for the Labour government under Prime Minister Kier Starmer, with polls suggesting a potential loss of 339 seats if elections were held tomorrow.
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