{"id":3548,"date":"2016-04-28T16:19:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T16:19:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-04-28T16:19:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T16:19:53","slug":"the_one_big_takeaway_from_trump_s_overanalyzed_america_first_speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2016\/04\/28\/the_one_big_takeaway_from_trump_s_overanalyzed_america_first_speech\/","title":{"rendered":"The One Big Takeaway from Trump\u2019s Overanalyzed “America First” Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: So we had the Trump speech yesterday and there has been all kinds of reaction to the speech, predictable and some shocking, some surprising. We\u2019ll get into it today.<\/p>\n

Trump used a phrase in this speech, and I\u2019m gonna tell you, this is classic, folks. This little bit of information I\u2019m gonna impart here to you is a great way to understand the dynamics of this race. Trump, in his speech, used a phrase “America first.” Well, that phrase has a pedigree. That phrase is well attached to something very, very important and potentially very, very negative in American history. <\/p>\n

It goes back to World War II, and it was used by those who didn\u2019t want to get anywhere near stopping the Nazis. “America first” was the rallying call of anti-war people, for the most part, who said, “The hell with it. We don\u2019t care. They\u2019re not affecting us. If they want to take over Europe, fine and dandy.” <\/line><\/p>\n

So here comes Trump using the phrase “America first.” Well, the learned intellectuals in the foreign policy corridors of America needed the vapors. “Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God, does Trump even know? Oh, my God.” They can\u2019t get over it. “Does he even know,” they asked, “does he even know that ‘America first\u2019 means support of the Nazis? Oh, my God! Oh, my God.” And they started fainting and going on TV and acting like one of the greatest violations of foreign policy understanding and (gasping).<\/p>\n

So the debate began, does Trump even know what he said? Does he even know what “America first” means in terms of its historical context in World War II? Or is he just out there using a phrase “America first” because he\u2019s appealing to a brain-dead bunch of voters, which is how the establishment looks at Trump supporters. <\/p>\n

And it doesn\u2019t matter, because I\u2019ll tell you what\u2019s gonna happen. If the people who occupy the learned and elite foreign policy corridors go overboard on this “America first” business, it\u2019s not gonna separate Trump supporters from Trump. The intellectuals of the foreign policy corridors, the establishment, the clubs and the associations and the think tanks and the intellectual hangouts and the domains, if those people start harping on Trump, your average Trump supporter could say, “See? See? This is exactly the kind of nose-in-the-air arrogance that we want to get rid of.” <\/p>\n