The president who built his fan base on isolationism is pivoting to a kind of imperialism that the U.S. hasn’t seen in decades.
His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And ...
But the language that startled me—maybe because I didn’t expect it, even from Donald Trump—was “manifest destiny.” Seriously.
President Donald Trump went big on building himself up as a hero triumphing over evil, and he leaned in on “Manifest Destiny.