In his inaugural address on Jan. 20, Trump said William McKinley — who was president from 1897 to 1901, and before that an ...

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.

Since President William McKinley’s once-upon-a-time mediocrity was exceeded only by his present-day obscurity, few observers grasped the real significance of Trump’s remarks.

If there’s one place where interest in William McKinley has remained unwavering, it's in the 25th president's native northeast Ohio. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

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

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 ...

William McKinley 1897 – 1901. At a Glance Video Search Life Portrait Survey Result. Life Facts. Birth Date January 29, 1843; Death Date September 14, 1901; Birthplace Niles, Ohio; ...

William McKinley was a largely forgotten American president until Donald Trump returned to the White House as his biggest fan, due to McKinley’s own love affair with tariffs.

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.

William McKinley, the 25th president, loved tariffs and expanded American territory. What more do you need to know? Trump Administration. live Updates. June 29, 2025, 3:31 p.m. ET.

Trump’s new icon is another tariff advocate, William McKinley, the Civil War hero and Gilded Age president who led us through the Spanish-American War and a period of imperialism that saw us ...

"You go back and look at the 1890s, 1880s, McKinley, and you take a look at tariffs, that was when we were proportionately the richest," Trump said. In 1890, tariff hikes raised the average duties ...