The truth about William McKinley, the ‘tariff king’ and Trump’s idol
William McKinley was a largely forgotten American president until Donald Trump returned to the White House as his biggest fan ...
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President McKinley implemented steep tariffs to protect industry. Did they work?
William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president, is credited with using steep tariffs to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in ...
Why Trump admires President McKinley, the original ‘tariff man’
President Donald Trump says McKinley made the United States prosperous through tariffs. Historians say that’s an incomplete ...
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The truth about William McKinley, the ‘tariff king’ and Trump’s idol
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 because of McKinley’s love affair with ...
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Trump’s new obsession with William McKinley undermines his ‘populist’ reputation
About two-thirds of the way through the speech, though, he devoted two full paragraphs to talking about his admiration for the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley. Trump took ...
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Vintage photos show what life was like under Trump's tariff hero, William McKinley
President Donald Trump has brought a historical figure to the forefront in recent months: William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States. McKinley, who was president between 1897 and ...
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McKinley's Biggest Tariffs Were a GOP Disaster
In all of this, Trump is explicitly channeling William McKinley, another president who wielded tariffs with unabashed enthusiasm. Whether he’s mentioning McKinley by name — or restoring his ...