A little history can be a bad thing, and President Donald Trump’s little glimpse of history appears to be limited to the 1897 ...

In Trump's idealized framing, America was at its zenith when top hats and shirtwaists were fashionable and typhoid fever ...

President Donald Trump has brought a historical figure to the forefront in recent months: William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States. McKinley, who was president between 1897 and ...

Moving on from such fractured facts and scrambled history, Trump suggested the foreign policy principles that would guide his ...

In his inaugural address, Donald Trump harked back to William McKinley, the 25th US president, who raised tariffs on US ...

William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president, is credited with using steep tariffs to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late 19th century. Did they work? Were they good for the U.S. economy?

In President Donald Trump's idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and ...

President Trump speaks fondly of a predecessor - William McKinley ... that used the material for oil drums. After McKinley became president in 1897, he shifted his thinking.

President Trump idealizes the Gilded Age, emphasizing high tariffs and low interest rates to stimulate the economy. He ...