Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) expressed his amusement towards a well-known slogan embraced by former President Donald Trump and his followers: “American First.”
During an interview with MSNBC, Romney conveyed his disbelief at the possibility of the Republican Party succumbing to a “growing isolationism,” which he attributed to the influence of “talk TV” and talk radio. He specifically highlighted commentator Tucker Carlson as an example. Romney pointed out that Carlson often utters outrageous statements, to which the base responds with agreement, stating, “Yeah, exactly.”
Romney continued:
“Many in our party have followed that populist streak, which is, ‘Hey, stop worrying about the rest of the world, just worry about what’s going on here.’ What they’re forgetting is that we are connected to the rest of the world, that our economy is connected to the rest of the world. That if we had had that attitude then, you know, Germany would’ve ended up ruling the world. We’re involved in the world out of our own self-interest, and I laugh at the phrase ‘America First.’ I know it typically means isolationism, but really, America is putting ourselves first when we’re involved in the world, when we stop bad people. Look, if Vladimir