Pres. Trump admires Pres. Polk and Pres. McKinley - two presidents who expanded America's territories in an age when territorial expansion was a measure of national success.
In this interview, my guest compares Pres. Trump with Pres. Polk and Pres. McKinley. He also explains Manifest Destiny, and indulges my questions about what I term 'America's Manifest Destiny 2.0'.
Mr. Merry also talks about America's Men of Destiny. So I ask him this:
Is Pres. Trump a Man of Destiny?
🚩About My Guest:
- My guest is Mr. Robert Merry. He has been a political and governmental reporter for national newspapers, a newsroom manager, a publishing CEO, and a political commentator. Mr. Merry has served twice as a Pulitzer Prize juror and is a member of Washington’s prestigious Cosmos Club. Before his career in journalism, he served three years in theArmy, including two in West Germany as a language-qualified counterintelligence agent. Mr. Merry is the author of several books, three of which we discuss in this interview:
- A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent,
- President McKinley: Architect of the American Century, and
- Where They Stand: The American Presidents In the Eyes of Voters and Historians.
🚩Image attribution:
From left to right... all Public Domain images
►Pres. James Polk
►Pres. Donald Trump
►Pres. Theodore Roosevelt
►Pres. William McKinley
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