Though he is known today as a ‘tariff guy,’ the 25th president changed his mind about the use of levies. Here’s what to know about McKinley, and Trump’s apparent fascination with him.

Effective Republican organizing and intraparty divisions among Democrats solidified GOP political dominance until the 1930s.

The only one of his predecessors Mr Trump spent any time on in the speech was that “great president" William McKinley, whose term began in 1897. Mr Trump is not a reader of presidential biographies.

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A tariff-obsessed president William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, is a controversial figure in American history. During his presidency, the US experienced "The Gilded Age," an ...

Trump draws from the legacy of President William McKinley, whose Tariff Act of 1890 raised taxes on imported goods to nearly 50 per cent. The difference is that today’s economy is more ...

It all feels so 19th century, which may explain why President William McKinley’s name is regularly invoked to validate Trump’s determined effort to impose tariffs. Trump’s rollout of his so ...

Trump, who has started to behave as if he were the emperor of the Western hemisphere, often calls attention to US President William McKinley, who served from 1897 to 1901. In an era of imperialism, ...

referencing the Trump administration’s protectionist trade approach and his admiration for President William McKinley. Critics of Trump’s tariff policy have argued that the lessons of McKinley ...

William McKinley, who served in the White House at the turn of the 20th century, has earned the praise of President Donald Trump for his use of tariffs However, historians say Trump’s assessments of ...

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