Trump Still Hearts McKinley

It has been interesting for me, as a close reader of 19th-century American history, to observe President Trump’s second term in office.

At the beginning of 2025, he expressed admiration for William McKinley, the 25th president. McKinley had, in Trump’s view, made America great with tariffs and aggressive imperial expansion, including a war with Spain, a war in the Philippines, and the annexation of Guam, Hawaii and........

© The New York Times