Each time Trump hints at taking over a territory, he taps into an American myth synonymous with violence and self-righteous entitlement: Manifest Destiny. Early in the nineteenth century ...

What does "manifest destiny" mean when applied to the stars? During his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump invoked the controversial doctrine, originally used to justify American ...

When John Winthrop led the first wave of settlers to New England he gave a sermon to his fellow Puritans, speaking of America ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land from the grasp of... What does Trump mean when he invokes America's ...

McKinley sent U.S. troops into Cuba into 1898 and then, at the conclusion of the Spanish-American War, justified the taking of the Spanish Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico with the argument that ...

"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 ...

Donald Trump’s vision of America goes back to the 19th century and includes the imperial policies of the time. He has touted the vision of manifest destiny for the expansion of the United States.

Billed as the "Manifest Destiny" candidate ... Polk arrived in the White House with two major foreign policy objectives: settling the borders of the Oregon territory, and acquiring California ...