Why Trump admires President McKinley, the original ‘tariff man’
President Donald Trump says McKinley made the United States prosperous through tariffs. Historians say that’s an incomplete ...
McKinley Is a Conservative Darling. Why Trump Admires the 25th President.
President Donald Trump has thrust the 25th U.S. president (1897-1901) back into the spotlight, restoring his name to 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 ...
Lederer on Language: What’s in a president’s name? More than you might think
Ulysses S. Grant, our 18th president, entered the earthly stage as Hiram Ulysses Grant. When his name was mistakenly entered on the West Point register as Ulysses Simpson Grant, he eagerly ...
Trump's Role Model McKinley Tariffed His Way to Imperialism
Trump's declarative re-mounting of McKinley begins not with the 25th president's performance as "Tariff Man," but rather with ...
Opinion
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 ...
Mises Institute4d
William McKinley: Prostitute of Protectionism
Protectionist tariff taxes are nothing more than a price-fixing conspiracy orchestrated by the state that enriches a ...
Inside Climate News5d
What’s in a Name? Mount McKinley and Gulf of America, Explained
Gulf of Where? In the same name-swapping order, designed to take effect by mid-February, Trump declared that the Gulf of ...