The Associated Press - Business News on MSN11d
Trump loves the Gilded Age. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many
It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling ...
Opinion
A model president for our moment: Trump has turned to the example of William McKinley
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 ...
The Associated Press - Business News on MSN11d
Trump has touted Gilded Age tariffs, an era which saw industrial growth together with poverty
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 ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch10d
Trump loves the Gilded Age and its tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many
He won a seat in Congress representing a steel-producing district and so promoted tariffs that one humor magazine used a cartoon on ... fallout also helped Grover Cleveland win the White House ...