Donald Trump’s first term as president tested the US’s political boundaries, but his second term has demolished them.

Not democracy’s end but the Gilded Age reborn. Trump’s McKinley obsession reveals imperial ambitions and endless corruption.

When Trump speaks of his admiration for McKinley, he expresses the desire of the rapacious American oligarchy to return to ...

Donald Trump praises the 19th-century “reciprocal” tariff policy of former president William McKinley. But that strategy ...

Our 25th president loved tariffs, and oversaw an expansion of U.S. territory around the globe. But William McKinley is best ...

Trump is right that McKinley played a critical role in American history, but not for the reasons Trump articulates.

America has always stripped the land of its original Indigenous names. It's had surprising climate implications ...

Of course, Trump’s trade policy is so muddled that this observation isn’t very compelling. Economists on the left and right ...

Trump’s lack of knowledge of history has allowed him to frequently praise William McKinley, author of what came to be known ...

President Donald Trump is slated to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom he called a “dictator.” They are ...