The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th president, William McKinley, a Republican who was in office from 1897 until being assassinated in 1901.

Since President William McKinley’s once-upon-a-time mediocrity ... his secretary of state called for an “open door” in China (where the U.S. had no territorial claims) that would, for ...

When President Donald Trump pulled William McKinley from the outer reaches of American history and hailed his presidency as a model for today’s U.S. leadership, he harked back to the far-distant era that began with Napoleon’s final defeat in 1815 and ended with the onset of World War I in 1914.

It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling industrial system, when poverty was widespread while barons of phenomenal wealth, like John D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan, held tremendous sway over politicians who often helped boost their financial empires.

Donald Trump’s first term as president tested the US’s political boundaries, but his second term has demolished them.

When President Donald Trump pulled William McKinley from the outer reaches of ... with his audacious 1900 “Open Door” policy in China. The aim was to ensure equal treatment for countries ...