President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. See how those policies affected everyday Americans in ...

William McKinley hasn’t had a starring role on the American political stage like this in 124 years. There he was, lauded in President Trump’s inauguration speech on Monday, for making “our ...

William McKinley led a country defined by tariffs and colonial wars. There’s a reason Trump is so drawn to his legacy—and so ...

Trump’s new obsession with William McKinley undermines his ‘populist’ reputation McKinley was the literal enemy of the original populists. Jan. 22, 2025, 6:00 AM EST ...

By Chris Isidore, CNN. New York (CNN) — William McKinley was a largely forgotten American president from more than a century ago until Donald Trump returned to the White House as his biggest fan ...

Yet he spent more time on the wonders of the past, without acknowledging how much has changed since 1890, when McKinley, as a U.S. Representative, drafted the law that raised import tariffs by 50 ...

The son of a foundry operator, McKinley spent his childhood in Ohio, and, at age 18, enlisted together with his cousin, William McKinley Osborne, serving in the Union Army all the way to General ...

Many presidents use tariffs to force negotiations. But for President Trump, they are the point, a source of revenue as he pursues a Gilded Age vision. By David E. Sanger Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg ...