When President Donald Trump invoked the phrase “manifest destiny” during his ... This belief, adopted by President James K.
The Journal said that Trump has told White House visitors that he admires Polk, known for his championing of America’s “manifest destiny,” the belief that it was America’s God-given right to expand ...
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 ...
President James K. Polk has returned to the White House as commentators find the thread of his themes in the man who brought him back -- President Donald Trump. For those who slept through history ...
Trump’s vision is not solely about imperial expansion. His true ambition lies in resurrecting the United States as a ...