Back to McKinley era? Since inauguration, Trump signed an executive order to revert the name of Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley, honoring McKinley’s legacy. 1/7 - ThreadSky

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im-just-jen.bsky.social • 28 days ago

Back to McKinley era?

Since inauguration, Trump signed an executive order to revert the name of Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley, honoring McKinley’s legacy.

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im-just-jen.bsky.social•28 days ago

He has expressed admiration for President William McKinley, particularly about McKinley’s economic policies and imperialist actions, an ideology where a country extends its power, influence, and control over other nations through military force, economic dominance, or political manipulation.

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im-just-jen.bsky.social•28 days ago

He has praised McKinley’s use of tariffs to protect American industries, suggesting a desire to emulate such protectionist measures.

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im-just-jen.bsky.social•28 days ago

The McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 increased the taxes on most imported goods while cutting taxes on luxury items. The intent was to protect American industries from foreign competition. The outcome was that domestic businesses raised the prices of American products to unaffordable rates.

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im-just-jen.bsky.social•28 days ago

He admires and wants to invoke McKinley’s imperialist approach. McKinley led the annexation of territories like Guam, Hawaii and the Philippines.

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im-just-jen.bsky.social•28 days ago

The McKinley Act placed a higher tariff on imported sugar, Hawaii's primary market. The higher taxes strained the relationships of American investors and sugar farmers in Hawaii, leading to the eventual annexation of Hawaii into the US to avoid the tariffs on sugar.

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im-just-jen.bsky.social•28 days ago

Trump is interested in expanding US territory by buying Greenland, expand into Canada by economic force, “taking back” Panama. And Mars.

And Trump just ordered renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, to the amusement of Mexican President Sheinbaum.

The United States of Amusement seems apropos.

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gerryn2gj.bsky.social•21 days ago

Eff him.

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