William McKinley was at best a mediocre president, but he had attributes that appeal to Trump.

William McKinley, the 25th president, loved tariffs and expanded American territory. What more do you need to know?

Churchill once implied that history would be kind to him because “I propose to write that history myself.” As we know from his paroxysms on Truth Social, Donald Trump is barely capable of writing a single coherent sentence.

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.

Trump reiterated his claim that China is “operating” the Panama Canal and said that the critical waterway had been “foolishly” given to Panama. “We didn't give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back.”

Trump's a fan of President William McKinley, giving the Canton, Ohio, native a major shout-out in his inaugural address. He promised on Monday to rename North America's tallest mountain ...

Trump's a fan of President William McKinley, giving the Canton native a major shout-out in his inaugural address. He promised on Monday to rename North America's tallest mountain, Denali ...

McKinley, who was inaugurated in 1897, presided over the negotiations that created the Panama Canal. He loved tariffs, both as a way to fund the government and to protect domestic industry. And he courted, and was courted by, robber barons of the Gilded Age.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Donald Trump’s second inaugural blended with tariffs, territorial ambitions, and McKinley-era policies, reviving old American traditions.

In his inaugural speech, Trump praised ‘great president’ William McKinley, remembered for his love of tariffs and assassinated in 1901

President Donald Trump has vowed to lower prices for all Americans, but his tariff proposal could work counter to that goal.