Armand Cucciniello

=== Writing ===

=== Writing ===

In a 2016 article for ''[[USA Today]]'', Cucciniello was the first person to describe then-U.S. presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]]'s foreign policy as "[[America First (policy)|America First]],"{{Cite web |last=Cucciniello |first=Armand V. |date=March 11, 2016 |title=Don't dismiss Trump on foreign policy: Column |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/11/donald-trump-foreign-policy-national-security-elections-2016-column/81586552/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-11-10 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} a moniker subsequently used by ''[[New York Times]]'' reporters [[David E. Sanger]] and [[Maggie Haberman]] in their interview with Trump who, "agreed with a suggestion that his ideas might be summed up as 'America First'."{{Cite news |date=2016-03-26 |title=Transcript: Donald Trump Expounds on His Foreign Policy Views |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/us/politics/donald-trump-transcript.html |access-date=2024-03-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The phrase became a cornerstone of Trump's campaign platform, and later that of the Trump Administration.{{Cite web |last=Cucciniello III |first=Armand V. |title=Don't dismiss Trump on foreign policy: Column |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/11/donald-trump-foreign-policy-national-security-elections-2016-column/81586552/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} After [[Rex Tillerson]] was announced as Trump's nominee for [[United States Secretary of State]], Cucciniello argued that Tillerson could perform well in the role given his depth of business experience.{{Cite web |last=Cucciniello |first=Armand |title=Tillerson could shine as secretary of State |url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/12/17/tillerson-shine-secretary-state/95576966/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=Springfield News-Leader |language=en-US}} While a student at National Defense University, Cucciniello wrote about and published essays on state-sponsored Chinese influence{{Cite web |title=Academics vs. Aliens |url=https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Publications/Strategic-Monographs/Academics-vs-Aliens/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=ndupress.ndu.edu |language=en-US}} and Russian propaganda.

In a 2016 article for ''[[USA Today]]'', Cucciniello was the first person to describe then-U.S. presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]]'s foreign policy as "[[America First (policy)|America First]],"{{Cite web |last=Cucciniello |first=Armand V. |date=March 11, 2016 |title=Don't dismiss Trump on foreign policy: Column |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/11/donald-trump-foreign-policy-national-security-elections-2016-column/81586552/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-11-10 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} a moniker subsequently used by ''[[New York Times]]'' reporters [[David E. Sanger]] and [[Maggie Haberman]] in their interview with Trump who, "agreed with a suggestion that his ideas might be summed up as 'America First'."{{Cite news |date=2016-03-26 |title=Transcript: Donald Trump Expounds on His Foreign Policy Views |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/us/politics/donald-trump-transcript.html |access-date=2024-03-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The phrase became a cornerstone of Trump's campaign platform, and later that of the Trump Administration.{{Cite web |last=Cucciniello III |first=Armand V. |title=Don't dismiss Trump on foreign policy: Column |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/11/donald-trump-foreign-policy-national-security-elections-2016-column/81586552/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} After [[Rex Tillerson]] was announced as Trump's nominee for [[United States Secretary of State]], Cucciniello argued that Tillerson could perform well in the role given his depth of business experience.{{Cite web |last=Cucciniello |first=Armand |title=Tillerson could shine as secretary of State |url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/12/17/tillerson-shine-secretary-state/95576966/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=Springfield News-Leader |language=en-US}} While a student at National Defense University, Cucciniello wrote about and published essays on state-sponsored Chinese digital influence{{Cite web |title=Academics vs. Aliens |url=https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Publications/Strategic-Monographs/Academics-vs-Aliens/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=ndupress.ndu.edu |language=en-US}} and Russian online propaganda.

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