Surprising to who? Someone who takes the name and assumes it is xenophobic and isolationist? I don't think it is that shocking that even the most idealistic interpretation of the charter of "America First" would have foreign support.

Leftists, who live exclusively in the realm of emotional appeal, have lost the ability to perceive anything outside of their polarizing lenses of racism, jingoism, sexism, and bad vs good. To such a person, I can imagine this is surprising. This childish attempt at creating an incendiary play-field is not a game I am interested in even playing.