Trump Rings in Gilded Age & McKinley Era, Touching on ‘Manifest Destiny View of American Expansion’

Newly-sworn-in President Donald Trump promised the United States would restore the Panama Canal as he delivered an inaugural speech invoking the 19th-century expansionist doctrine of “Manifest Destiny” and outlining plans for space exploration, including “American astronauts” planting stars and track to the planet Mars.” For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on Trump’s Gilded Age and McKinley’s vision of America, FRANCE 24’s Genie Godula welcomes Dr. Donald P Green, an award-winning writer, researcher and Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University.



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