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Isolationism

Then the Republican nominee running for a second nonconsecutive term, Donald Trump speaks with Tucker Carlson during a Tucker Carlson Live Tour show at Desert Diamond Arena, October 31, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 18, 2025, 3:45 pm
As US appears increasingly likely to enter Iran conflict, tensions roil MAGA movement
Strong isolationist faction within the Republican party vocally opposes entering fight against Iranian nuclear threat; Vance indicates it can still fit with America First approach
By Ami Eden
Pastor John Hagee addresses a conference of Christians United for Israel, National Harbor, Maryland, June 29, 2024. (CUFI/ via JTA)
August 8, 2024, 1:53 am
Pro-Israel US conservatives concerned over isolationism, and antisemitism, on far right
At CUFI annual summit, Christian activists and their Jewish allies address right-wing Republicans who oppose laws defining Jew hatred and want to curb aid to the Jewish state
By Ron Kampeas
Republican nominee and former US President Donald Trump (left), ear bandaged after a failed assassination attempt two days earlier, and his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, at the Republican National Convention, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 19, 2024, 5:27 am
Israeli envoy: GOP’s isolationist wing is more likely to impact Ukraine than Israel
Despite elevation of JD Vance, who pushes ‘America First’ foreign policy, Michael Herzog tells ToI he’s been assured by Republicans that party seeks to continue supporting Israel
By Jacob Magid
Republican US vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance gives a thumbs-up to supporters as he is introduced during the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
July 16, 2024, 4:01 am
Trump VP pick JD Vance aims to balance Israel support with ‘America First’ mantra
Freshman senator rejects US ‘micromanaging’ Israel on overhaul, Gaza war; after once likening him to Hitler, Vance now defends Trump for claiming Jewish Dems hate their religion
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
March 17, 2017, 11:13 pm
No handshake: Tensions show as Trump, Merkel meet for first time
President fails to shake German leader’s hand during uneasy Oval Office encounter
By Andrew BEATTY
German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens as US President Donald Trump speaks during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
March 17, 2017, 10:16 pm
Trump, Merkel try to sidestep differences in first meeting
US president says he is ‘not an isolationist,’ jokes that both he and Merkel may have been wiretapped by the Obama administration
By Ken Thomas and Jill Colvin
Charles Lindbergh, wearing helmet with goggles up, in an open cockpit of an airplane at Lambert Field, St Louis, Missouri, 1923. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images via JTA)
June 9, 2016, 8:30 pm
‘America First’: Trump doubles down on a term that makes many Jews queasy
GOP candidate ignores anti-Semitic history associated with the term, insisting it stands for conservative economic values
By Uriel Heilman
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