His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny ...

"Manifest destiny," a phrase Donald Trump used Monday as he promised to take the Panama Canal, is a call to domination and ...

James K. Polk, the original "dark horse" candidate, laid out his foreign policy and domestic aims early, achieved them in one term and then declined to run again. Billed as the "Manifest Destiny ...

1855. Library of Congress. In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that supported manifest destiny, the idea that Americans were predestined to occupy the entire North ...

The rationale marked America's belief in itself as exceptional — as a republic and not a monarchy — destined to expand Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free ...

When you think of James Polk ... Might Trump do as Polk did and find a pretext to send U.S. forces into Mexico? One hundred and eighty years after Manifest Destiny had its vogue, Trump is back ...