Why McKinley makes an alarming Trump presidential role model
William McKinley was at best a mediocre president, but he had attributes that appeal to Trump.
Trump’s urgent push to rewrite American history
The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn that he misrepresents the country’s past.
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Trump loves McKinley. If only they were more alike.
President Trump admires one of his long-forgotten predecessors. He has resurrected the memory of President William McKinley, whose term bridged the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the ...
Who was Ohio’s President McKinley, and why did Trump rename Denali for him?
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector ...
I know the Panama Canal well – here’s why Trump wants it
The new US president has vowed to ‘take back’ the waterway, but there’s much more to this modern wonder than meets the eye ...
Why Trump admires President McKinley, the original ‘tariff man’
Growing up in the iron-producing region of eastern Ohio in the 1840s, future president William McKinley ... and retake the ...
Opinion: Trump’s tariffs model McKinley; his divided coalition models Grover Cleveland
But still, a more apt comparison might be with Grover Cleveland. Like Trump, Cleveland was elected to non-consecutive terms.
The uncertain future of the Panama Canal
Is the future of the Panama Canal under threat? Discover why the canal is struggling and the projects proposed to replace it.
Trump, tariffs and William McKinley: Two books help explain the U.S. president’s latest fixation
If Canadians want to negotiate tariffs with the 47th president, they need to read these two books about the 25th president ...