An undated photo of William McKinley, 25th President of the United States. He was inaugurated in 1897, and again in 1901 just prior to being assassinated on Sept. 6, 1901.

Reciprocal trade policy as envisioned by President William McKinley, whom Mr. Trump often cites as his role model, recognized that by the dawn of the 20th century America had emerged as an ...

President Donald Trump says McKinley made the United States prosperous through tariffs. Historians say that’s an incomplete understanding of the 25th president.

Let’s start with Trump’s newfound idol — William McKinley — especially since the current administration seems less like Trump 2.0 and more eerily like McKinley 3.0.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to the “Idol of Ohio” - William McKinley. Before becoming the 25th president - McKinley taught at a school in Ohio when the Civil War began. In 1861, an 18 ...

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.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has suggested ...

And McKinley himself began agitating to tear down some of those trade barriers. "What we produce beyond our domestic consumption must have a vent abroad," he said in September 1901 at the Pan ...

377869 73: William McKinley, twenty-fifth President of the United States serving from 1897 to 1901. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers) Tariffs are taxes paid on imported goods and are intended ...

President Trump speaks fondly of William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president who was a strong advocate for tariffs. He's credited with helping to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late ...

McKinley's policies and Bryan's moralistic tone turned the nation to the Republicans. In a rematch in 1900, McKinley stayed again on the front porch, speaking to visiting delegates.

When McKinley helped pass new tariff legislation in 1890 as a representative of Congress, raising the average duties on ...