Manifest Destiny was "a belief on the part of some Americans, in a particular moment in American history, that God intended this country to expand from one coast to the other," historian Alan ...

Manifest destiny is a call to domination and erasure, a justification for the nation’s most brutal expansions. And it’s the message Trump led with on the first day of his second term.

President William McKinley, regarded as a leading exponent of “Manifest Destiny” in his expansionist policies, photographed in 1900 on the porch of his family home in Canton.

Chances are you haven't heard the term "manifest destiny" since high school history class. That is until President Trump's inaugural address last month, when he used it to call for America to ...

Paul Weyrich, one of the founders of the Heritage Foundation, crowed, “The Panama Canal treaties put us on the map.” For Ronald Reagan, however, the treaties were merely a campaign talking point.

Trump revives 'Manifest Destiny' dreams of US territorial expansion. The phrase Manifest Destiny was used in the 19th century to invoke the divine justification for US to expand its territory ...