By the beginning of the 20th century, the Republican leader had sharply increased tariffs and pursued an expansionist foreign policy.

McKinley, 123 years after his assassination, often ranks as an above average but not spectacular president in presidential rankings. For Trump, McKinley ranks high because of his love of tariffs.

Donald trump has recently brought up the name of a largely forgotten president, William McKinley, in a surprising move that has raised eyebrows. McKinley, known for being assassinated and for his less memorable legacy compared to his successor,

William McKinley, the 25th president ... office was sandwiched between Grover Cleveland and the swashbuckling Theodore Roosevelt. But the new attention says much about Mr. Trump’s ambitions ...

He talked of a new Manifest Destiny and a ''Golden Age." He invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. An honor guard appeared with tricorn hats, fifes and drums — all traditional Revolutionary War iconography.

Among the roughly 200 executive orders President Donald Trump is expected to sign during his first day in office is a declaration to restore the name of the 25th president, William McKinley, to an Alaska mountain.

President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert to its former name, Mount McKinley.

In his inauguration speech, President Trump announced plans to restore the name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley

You can learn some interesting things about Trump by looking at his predecessors. Like some of them, he's savvy enough to turn to businessmen to get America back on track.

President Donald Trump, with his usual bombast, has declared that his second term will be a new “golden age” for the country.

IN his speech at his second inauguration as leader of the American nation and the free world, President Donald Trump holds up less venerated predecessors (than, say, Washington, Lincoln or FDR): William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

President Donald Trump is on a mission to celebrate American greatness. He jumpstarted the effort hours after taking office, ordering the name of North America’s tallest peak to be changed from Denali back to Mount McKinley in honor of the nation's 25th president,