If Not America First, Then America Last

American politicians across the aisle resolved their conflicts for a $95 billion foreign aid package, excluding any appropriations for the southern border.

House Speaker Mike Johnson sought to compromise with Democrats in securing $95 billion in aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. The one nation neglected in this package was our very own United States.

The great paleoconservative Patrick J. Buchanan would call this “America Last,” as there was no victory for the citizens here.

Ukraine secured $60.8 billion, $26.4 billion for Israel and $8.1 billion for Taiwan. Again, zero dollars were afforded to the taxpayer to fend off the invasion at the southern border.

Speaker Johnson chose to separate the supplemental aid bill so as to favor Israel, the one lobby that dominates the GOP. In doing so, he axed any chance at border security enactments. The Democrat-controlled Senate would never pass any meaningful immigration aid, and Johnson knew that. His priorities, like many other Republicans and Democrats, do not lie within the States.

Conversely, among the populace, there is much argument over US involvement in foreign conflicts, as nationalism and isolationism have been on the rise since the onset of Donald Trump’s presence in politics. The two ideologies need not be permanent — they need to be for now to restore order at the border, among many other things.

Johnson ignored his duty to protect the sovereignty of this nation, as have two of the most notorious Republican governors — Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott — both of whom shipped thousands of migrants to sanctuary cities to “own the libs.” Abbott supercharged the invasion into the interior in December 2023 and again in March 2024.

Above is a postcard of Wildwood State Park in Wading River, Long Island, from the 1950s.

The takeaway of this politically-induced invasion, either ignored by Johnson or pushed by DeSantis and Abbott, will only result in the deterioration of America’s suburbs.

Long Island, New York, was once an enclave of suburbia. Now, parts of Suffolk County are under the thumb of the various Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) cliques.

“The Carleton [clique] is a bastardization of Carlton Avenue in Central Islip,” Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney told The Federalist, referring to the city as “ground zero for MS-13.”

Not much has changed since then. Shootings and machete dismemberments are typically highlighted in the New York Post. This isn’t the cozy suburbia of the 90s we all remember.

Over the years, MS-13 gang members have been apprehended in several Long Island cities, including Wyandanch, Central Islip and Ronkonkoma.

Democrats have driven the ball further down the court, attempting to expedite any, if not all forms, of the citizen rights to migrants, completing former President Obama’s said mission to invert the suburbs.

The “Three Amigos” Democratic Reps. Adriano Espaillat, N.Y., Jesús “Chuy” García, Ill., and Lou Correa, Calif., cheer Obama’s fantasy — now a reality. The representatives sent a letter to President Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayoraks and US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ur Jaddou, demanding the undocumented be granted legal work permits.

This means the approximate 10 to 11 million illegal aliens that reside in the US are seemingly one step closer to having the same rights as you and I. And in a broader sense, they will be the future electorate, likely to vote Democrat.

Immigration isn’t solely about the replacement of the native population, though. It brings with it all the undesirable elements that the US has already borne the burden of, including crime, fentanyl overdoses and the watering-down of school curricula.

Constituents from both political parties seem to agree that the border is a “major problem,” according to Pew Research Center.

So, why aren’t these concerns front and center? Why is it now that they are being neglected? Well, the answer is quite simple — the Oct. 7 attack against Israel. From there on, the reckless spending for “our greatest ally” and against the “dictator” Putin superseded our own concerns. It was a pivoting point for the lobbyists, the military-industrial complex and the corporate press.

The foreign nonprofits evidently leveraging power over our representation should be under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA). The 1938 act requires “certain agents of foreign principals … engaged in political activities … to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with foreign principals, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities.”

The Justice Department oversees FARA and would provide clear public information about these NGOs and associated causes. This would lessen the propaganda currently imposed on the masses by corporate media and the like.

US Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) wearing an Israeli Defense Force uniform during a media conference in 2023.

Still, this is merely one step toward what we refer to as “America First.” It is the spark to a progressive change where the right becomes more intellectualized, media literate and less partisan rather than abiding by all the commands of the GOP establishment.

America First is the current pathway forward for this country, particularly with this immigration crisis. Mainstream conservatives will claim it's “fringe” or somehow “bigoted,” but citizens must stand their ground and unabashedly voice their concerns.

The great German chancellor Otto von Bismarck once said, “It is unworthy of a great state to dispute over something which does not concern its interests.” That appears to be the current fall of the West unless America First is now embraced.

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