Trampling rights, imposing tariffs, gobbling up others’ territories. Trump is imitating his role models to a T.

William McKinley's combination of high tariffs and overseas imperialism was disastrous — but not to Donald Trump ...

McKinley came around, and in just four months, the Spanish-American War was over, and the U.S. took control of Cuba, and acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. That same year ...

(Sound familiar?) As president from 1897 to 1901, McKinley enacted record-high tariffs and used the brief Spanish-American War of 1898 to seize a colonial empire of islands stretching halfway ...

(Sound familiar?) As president from 1897 to 1901, McKinley enacted record-high tariffs and used the brief Spanish-American War of 1898 to seize a colonial empire of islands stretching halfway ...

As the nation entered the industrial age during a time of economic depression, William McKinley felt protective tariffs were the key to a bright financial future — and voters agreed with him. It was ...