McKinley's tariff triggered retaliation from other nations. Prices rose, particularly for middle- and lower-income Americans, and political backlash followed.
Donald Trump’s first term as president tested the US’s political boundaries, but his second term has demolished them.
When Trump speaks of his admiration for McKinley, he expresses the desire of the rapacious American oligarchy to return to open colonial rule and the conquest and annexation of territories.
Our 25th president loved tariffs, and oversaw an expansion of U.S. territory around the globe. But William McKinley is best remembered as being one of the four presidents that was assassinated.