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Slouching Towards Mount McKinley
In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected ...
A model president for our moment: Trump has turned to the example of William McKinley
When President Donald Trump pulled William McKinley from the outer reaches of American history and hailed his presidency as a model for today’s U.S. leadership, he harked back to the far-distant era ...
Truthout16d
Trump’s Inaugural Speech Signaled His Agenda by Invoking McKinley’s Ghost
The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated. American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape, or form… And above all, China is ...
The Associated Press - Business News on MSN9d
Trump has touted Gilded Age tariffs, an era which saw industrial growth together with poverty
The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th ...
The Associated Press - Business News on MSN9d
President Donald Trump loves the Gilded Age and its tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many
He won a seat in Congress representing a steel-producing district and so promoted tariffs that one humor magazine used a ...
AlterNet on MSN12dOpinion
It's official: The 'American Century' is over | Opinion
In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected ...
Times Union9d
Trump loves the Gilded Age and its tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many
He won a seat in Congress representing a steel-producing district and so promoted tariffs that one humor magazine used a cartoon on its ... back control of the Panama Canal and suggested buying ...