Trump says William McKinley ‘made our country very rich through tariffs.’ But the 25th president changed his mind on tariffs after realizing ‘friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals’

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“People did not regard this as a particularly healthy economy,” one historian said about the Gilded Age. Read More
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Will Weissert, The Associated Press