Cuba wasn’t a mere colony, it was part of my country. Expansionism is outdated.

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

President William McKinley is having his biggest moment since 1928, when his face was printed on the $500 bill. For the last ...

Egging on a recession is the opposite of what presidents usually do. Alas, Trump does not understand the economy or the ...

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

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 ...

In contrast, Trump has pushed presidential bounds and was a profligate spender in his first term. Another difference: ...

Trump seems to envision a new balance of power with three poles: the United States, Russia and China.

In his inaugural address, Donald Trump harked back to William McKinley, the 25th US president, who raised tariffs on US imports from 38% to 50% in 1890, setting off a chain of events that ...