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HISTORICAL FACTS: William mckinley - The Untold Story

America Was Not Founded by 'Tariff Men,' Contrary to This Painting in Trump's White House

Free trade is "a direct affront to our Founding Fathers," President Donald Trump said during his first presidential campaign.

Reason

Doug Burgum bungles American history on live TV and forgets who was leading the nation in 1776

Interior secretary gets the presidencies of George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt all wrong during interview to promote administration’s 250th anniversary celebrations

The Independent UK

A Year After 'Liberation Day,' Trump's Tariffs Will Never Be Legitimate Without a Vote in Congress

The Trump administration keeps trying to find legal loopholes, but the will of the people is the final judge of any major policy.

Reason

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Most People Know Their Faces, Not Their Words—10 Quotes From Presidents on U.S. Money

Monday, February 16, is Presidents’ Day. It is a day many Americans take off, and, honestly, not many of us take the time to reflect...

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Compared with other presidents, Trump 2.0 is one of a kind

President Trump's first year back in office was unlike any other served by a U.S. president, historians said.

Roll Call

Trump’s approach to Venezuela repeats the mistakes of the past

Congress must work to stop the president from leading us further into a South American quagmire

The Guardian - US

How Special Interests Twisted Federal Sugar Policy To Cost Consumers $2.5 Billion Every Year

Meet Dwayne O. Andreas: The man most singularly responsible for the fact that it is corn, not sugar, in most American sweets.

Reason

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What America’s divided and tumultuous politics of the late-19th century can teach us

People trying to understand politics in the United States today often turn to history for precedents and perspective. Are our current divisions like the ones that preceded the American Revolution or the Civil War? Did the dramatic events of the 1960s generate the same kind of social and political forces…

The Conversation

Trump’s Gulf of Mexico rebrand caused chaos in agency tasked with explaining it: ‘Do not respond at all’

President Donald Trump announced the name change weeks before he took office

The Independent UK

Thousands of climbers gearing up to take on America's tallest mountain as the peak summer season gets underway

Dozens have already summitted Alaska's Denali mountain, which was controversially renamed Mount McKinley by Donald Trump earlier this year

Advnture

Does Trump want to carve up the world?

Trump longs to revive the imperialist "Great Game" alongside Xi and Putin. There's a problem: He's too dumb

Salon

To split Moscow from Beijing, Trump is reviving Nixon’s ‘madman diplomacy’. It could backfire badly

When United States President William McKinley advocated high‑tariff protectionism in 1896, he argued squeezing foreign competitors behind a 50% wall of duties would make America richer and safer.

The Conversation

A warning for Democrats from the Gilded Age and the 1896 election

More than five months after President Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, Democrats are still trying to understand why they lost the election and the Senate majority – and how the party can regroup.

The Conversation

Take a trip to Ohio to learn about William McKinley, Trump's much-admired Gilded Age president

If there’s one place where interest in William McKinley has remained unwavering, it's in the 25th president's native northeast Ohio

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Salon

Trump's tariff message gets muddled

While the billionaires in Trump's orbit may have different visions, they all want the same thing

International Business Times

Major Trade Wars Since The 19th Century

As the world reels from US President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century: - 19th century Opium Wars - In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China…

Reason

Trump Is Wrong About McKinley's Tariff Legacy

Did the 25th president really make America "very rich through tariffs"? William McKinley might have told you otherwise.

International Business Times

'Tariff Man': Trump's Long History With Trade Wars

Donald Trump loves few things more than talking about his affinity for tariffs, but it's nothing new: he's been saying the same thing for decades.

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The Guardian - UK

From Lincoln to Nixon, Trump’s not the first US president to shock the UK on trade

Lincoln blockaded southern cotton, McKinley hit Britain with tariffs and Nixon abandoned the gold standard: a quick history of transatlantic economic meddling

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s expansionism threatens the rules-based order in place since second world war

UN charter says members ‘shall refrain from the threat or use of force’ against a country’s territory or independence

The Independent UK

Trump is bulldozing some Republicans’ priorities. They should be nervous

ANALYSIS: From the CHIPs and Science Act to Ukraine to tariffs, Trump’s moves are undermining Republican agendas, Eric Garcia reports

Salon

Trump: End of the American century

William McKinley seems obscure now — but the Trump team wants to bring back his Gilded Age imperialism

The Conversation

Trump is reviving a tariff strategy from America’s ‘Gilded Age’. It didn’t end well last time

A White House fact sheet about Donald Trump’s recently announced “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” on trade described it as “the art of the international deal” – a reference to Trump’s 1987 business book, The Art of the Deal.

The Independent UK

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski introduces bill to rename mountain - back to Denali

Trump’s order states that the name be changed to Mount McKinley

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Sen. Murkowski Introduces Measure To Designate Denali As Official Name

Learn about the ongoing debate over the name of North America's tallest mountain, Denali, and the cultural significance it holds in Alaska.

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