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

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

Major Acts: William McKinley signed the Open Door Policy for China, which sought to safeguard U.S. trading rights in China and asserted American interests in Asia. Signaling an alliance with organized ...

Churchill once implied that history would be kind to him because “I propose to write that history myself.” As we know from ...

McKinley, 123 years after his assassination, often ranks as an above average but not spectacular president in presidential ...

Trump reiterated his claim that China is “operating” the Panama Canal and said that the critical waterway had been “foolishly ...

His Open Door policy to China established the ... from his front porch in 1896, McKinley emphasized his stance on protectionist tariffs. His opponent, William Jennings Bryan, won the Democratic ...

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

Hours into his second term as president, Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Denali, the tallest mountain in the ...

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