Both Heather Cox Richardson and Kevin Kruse, accomplished historians each of them, comment on Trump's recent paean of praise to President McKinley and the Gilded Age — an age to which he promises to take us back if we give him the presidency again.
"By pointing to McKinley’s presidency to justify his economic plan, Trump gives away the game."
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