Kim Jong-un, North Korean Chairman of the State Affairs Commission. /Yonhap News Agency

North Korea pointed out on the 15th that the United States is accelerating its "aggressive and hegemonic" foreign policy under President Donald Trump's "America First" doctrine, calling it a "brazen imperialist's anachronistic behavior."

The Workers' Party organ, the Rodong Sinmun, noted that day in an article by international affairs critic Kim Myong-chul that "the America First doctrine, which prioritizes exclusive American interests, will actively promote the multipolarization of the world."

The newspaper criticized, mentioning President Trump, that "the unprecedented chaos, distrust, confrontation, and contradiction caused by the overreaching foreign policies of past U.S. administrations to delay the inevitable decline of U.S. imperialism is being further accelerated by the reemergence of the Trump administration and America First doctrine."

It further defined America First as "extreme exclusivism," stating that the Trump administration is putting the international community into tremendous shock through tariff wars, a complete halt to foreign aid, annexation of Gaza, and development of resort areas. The newspaper also stated, "The humiliation and disdain suffered by European countries, Japan, and allies like South Korea, which have actively followed America's unipolar world dominance strategy, is a natural outcome of the America First doctrine."

Moreover, it argued that what America's prioritization indicates is that "promoting self-reliance is truth and a powerful means to drive the lawful development of history," publicizing North Korea's "self-reliance" policy and justifying a hardline stance against the U.S. The newspaper predicted that the more the U.S. administration pursues such policies, the more the globalization process will accelerate, asserting, "This will lead to the total bankruptcy of the evil empire, America, and imperialism."

America First refers to a U.S. foreign policy that emphasizes American nationalism, unilateralism, protectionism, and isolationism. The administration of President Donald Trump has established foreign policies under this slogan since 2016.

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