There’s no nation like our nation.” “Manifest destiny” was the violent, presumptuous 19th century idea that white American settlers had some religious obligation to seize Native land in the West, to ...

In his worldview, the American president believes that the strongest has the right and duty to use his position to get what he needs, regardless of the consequences. Last Friday, just before boarding ...

Manifest Destiny refers to a belief in a preordained right to explore, colonize and exploit a given territory, as white, European settlers did in the 19th century in the USA and the American West ...

"Manifest Destiny" is back, with Donald Trump as its champion. In the 19th century, the phrase was used to invoke the divine justification for the United States to expand its territory westward ...

U.S. expansionist goals historically stem from the concept of “Manifest Destiny,” which some founding fathers argued the destiny of U.S. greatness came from western expansion, and additional ...

In recent weeks, Donald Trump has taken to advocating for a new age of American imperial expansion—a MAGA-style Manifest Destiny that ... Trump returning to the White House, it’s possible ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. While president-elect Donald Trump hasn’t declared Manifest Destiny as his rationale for wishing to expand American territory beyond its present boundaries ...