Posted on 02/04/2025 9:45:57 AM PST by marcusmaximus
The United States' 'America First' policy has disturbing similarities to the slogan 'Germany above all' used by the Nazis to assert national superiority over others, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned.
In an op-ed for the magazine 'Russia in Global Affairs' published on Tuesday, Lavrov argued that Washington's approach undermines the UN Charter and the post-war global order built on sovereign equality. He noted that this principle was enshrined in the Yalta-Potsdam agreements signed in 1945 by the USSR, US, and UK, shaping the modern international system.
With the administration of US President Donald Trump back in power, Washington's interpretation of international processes since World War II has taken on a new dimension, Lavrov claimed.
"'America First' is alarmingly similar to the Hitlerite slogan 'Germany above all,'" Lavrov said, adding that an approach based on "peace through strength" could be the final blow to diplomacy.
These types of statements and ideological constructs do not show "the slightest bit of respect" for Washington's international legal obligations under the UN Charter, he argued.
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"However, today is not 1991 or even 2017, when the incumbent US President took the helm for the first time," Lavrov wrote.
Citing Russian analysts, he argued that a return to the previous global order, which is still pursued by the US and its allies, is impossible, as demographic, economic, social, and geopolitical shifts have become irreversible. He expressed hope that the US will eventually accept a new role as one of several global powers rather than as hegemon.
Multipolarity is gaining momentum, Lavrov went on to say, suggesting that instead of opposing it, the US could in the foreseeable future become a "responsible" center of power along with Russia, China, and other countries in the Global South, East, North, and West.
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What a pile of 💩. If you don’t put the interest of your country and its citizens first you have no country.
ROFL
sad, that anyone even tries to argue against putting Americans first when these politicians are elected to represent... AMERICANS!
LOL!
It’s called “geopolitics”, marcus. Lavrov is a master at it.
He wouldn’t be doing his job if he wasn’t casting shade on the new Trump administration.
So the Russians want “America Last.” Yeah, Trump will get right on that, I’m sure.
wtf-ever.
yeah, sure. as if EVERY country that asserts its own sovereignty smacks of Nazism. geez Louise.
American sovereignty. Will of the American people.
😂😂😂😂😂. Oh, otay. Much dumbassery!
BNN? LOL!
Silly Russians and EU trash.
Tell Lavrov to put down the vodka bottle.
But erasing people’s financial and social existence and putting political opponents in prison for years without bail or trial isn’t Hitlerian at all.
Biden has been removed from power. Zelensky is being neutered. Of the evil destructive triumvirate only the evil Lavrov/Putin remains.
For the first time since Reagan, America has Russia really worried.
The United States’ ‘America First’ policy has disturbing similarities to the slogan ‘Germany above all’ used by the Nazis to assert national superiority over others,
It was written before German Unification in 1871, it expressed a desire for a United Germany, not German domination over the rest of the world.
The Lavrov to go home. He’s drunk.
But America Last means the global dominance of the Communist Chinese makes America a slave province with no rights, plundered for resources and wealth.
That’s what MSNBC, CNN and the NYT and Bishop Budde, AOC, California Democrats and Bernie Sanders lead to.
This was a John F. Kennedy speech excerpt:
Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Civic Auditorium, Seattle, WA
September 06, 1960
...
I can imagine no more hazardous course than for the United States to gamble on its defenses, to take a chance that the Russians and the Chinese Communists will follow a peaceful role if we disarm here in the United States, or if we fail to maintain our strength. If we are strong, then peace will be our reward, and that is the doctrine that we preach in the year 1960. [Applause.]
That requires only one kind of defense policy, a policy summed up in a single word “first.” I do not mean “first, if,” I do not mean “first, but,” I do not mean “first, when,” but I mean “First, period.” [Applause.]
The next President of the United States will be compelled to submit to the next Congress a whole new set of defense goals. It will require a reevaluation of our commitments around the globe, a reevaluation of our weapons and a reevaluation of our budgetary policy.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/speech-senator-john-f-kennedy-civic-auditorium-seattle-wa
No it isn’t.
No moreso than Africa first…
China first… Cuba first… Venezuela first…
But you never see these hand wringers compare communist dictators to Hitler…
Peace through strength.
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