--- title: Read Donald Trump's 'America First' Foreign Policy Speech description: "'America first' will be the major and overriding theme of my administration." canonical: https://time.com/4309786/read-donald-trumps-america-first-foreign-policy-speech/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-27T16:57:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T12:52:41.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Trump's 'America First' Foreign Policy Speech og:description: "'America first' will be the major and overriding theme of my administration." og:url: https://time.com/4309786/read-donald-trumps-america-first-foreign-policy-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8720d3fa8e159b53/698890cabc6cfc3d1f3dcbf6/donald-trump17.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on April 25, 2016 at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Trump's 'America First' Foreign Policy Speech twitter:description: "'America first' will be the major and overriding theme of my administration." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8720d3fa8e159b53/698890cabc6cfc3d1f3dcbf6/donald-trump17.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Donald Trump's 'America First' Foreign Policy Speech > Sponsored content. 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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on April 25, 2016 at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania.Jessica Kourkounis—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:52 PM UTCPublished: Apr 27, 2016 4:57 PM UTC Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump outlined an “America first” foreign policy approach in what was billed as a major address at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. 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