Trump's declarative re-mounting of McKinley begins not with the 25th president's performance as "Tariff Man," but rather with some straight-up imperialism: "[He] heroically led our Nation to victory in the Spanish-American War.
William McKinley was at best a mediocre president, but he had attributes that appeal to Trump.
McKinley, 123 years after his assassination, often ranks as an above average but not spectacular president in presidential rankings. For Trump, McKinley ranks high because of his love of tariffs.
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley.
During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump vowed to change the name of Denali in Alaska back to Mount McKinley.
A former president from Ohio could play a big role in shaping President Donald Trump's policies. Trump's a fan of President William McKinley, giving the Canton native a major shout-out in his ...
King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley -- an identifier inspired by President William McKinley, who was from Ohio and never set foot in Alaska.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the Republican leader had sharply increased tariffs and pursued an expansionist foreign policy.
President Trump admires one of his long-forgotten predecessors. He has resurrected the memory of President William McKinley, whose term bridged the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. Trump evidently sees him as a kindred spirit. That is passing strange, since in most regards McKinley was the quintessential anti-Trump.
Step aside "Gulf of America," this famous mountain peak, the tallest in North America, may also revert to its former name - but not without controversy.
President Donald Trump says McKinley made the United States prosperous through tariffs. Historians say that’s an incomplete understanding of the 25th president.
The tech company said Monday it has a “longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”