Richard Grenell defends 'America First' and Trump's so-called 'nationalism'

Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump's former ambassador to Germany, gave an all-in defense to the president's 'America first' policies and said 'nationalist' name-calling from political rivals shouldn't be considered an insult. Grenell, who also briefly served as the acting Director of National Intelligence earlier this year, also backed up Trump's claims that members of President Barack Obama's administration spied on his campaign. Richard Grenell, who served as President Donald Trump's ambassador to Germany and later the acting Director of National Intelligence, defended the president's 'America First' policies and pushed back on criticism that Trump was a 'nationalist' Richard Grenell spoke Wednesday night as part of the Republican National Convention on behalf of President Donald Trump, who made an appearance at Fort McHenry in Baltimore at the end of Vice President Mike Pence's speech Grenell began his address, delivered at the Andrew W. Mellon auditorium, by recalling how Trump, during the 2016 Republican primary, blasted former Republicans for their foreign policy. He said of Biden, that the former vice president specifically asked intelligence officials to 'uncover the hidden information' about Trump's original pick for national security adviser, Michael Flynn.