I think the President has been clear though that when we say America first it doesn’t mean America alone, and we do value our friends and allies; we value our partners. And we recognize and acknowledge our adversaries and our enemies, and we tend to think about our relationships in those types of terms. But as we have said, America first is not America alone.

— U.S. Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, in his address to the press during the Department Press Briefing on August 1, 2017 at the U.S. Department of State. After six months in office, Secretary Tillerson took the opportunity to discuss where things stand in terms of global affairs. Read more at: https://go.usa.gov/xRPMb 

  1. antiquesoul said: it is too bad that you have to make that distinction.
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