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Manifest Destiny? Trump’s expansionist ideas have U.S. historical precedent

(The Center Square) – President-elect Donald Trump has made international headlines by suggesting that Canada could become the 51st state and the U.S. could purchase Greenland. U.S. expansionist goals ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Presidential history: President James K. Polk fulfilled America’s manifest destiny

In his single term from 1845 to 1849, President James K. Polk extended the United States from sea to shining sea. Polk maintained a “keen ability to balance the diverse desires of the nation while ...
The Washington Post

Trump takes ‘America First’ to its expansionist endpoint

The Manifest Destiny of MAGA. The Gulf of Mexico has been named the Gulf of Mexico since before the United States of America was named the United States of America. Since, that is, before there was a ...