William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president, is credited with using steep tariffs to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late 19th century. Did they work? Were they good for the U.S. economy?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent. He was a natural businessman. CHANG: NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid reports on ...

William McKinley, the 25th president, loved tariffs and expanded American territory. What more do you need to know? Trump Administration. live Updates. June 29, 2025, 3:31 p.m. ET.

Reciprocal trade policy as envisioned by President William McKinley, whom Mr. Trump often cites as his role model, recognized that by the dawn of the 20th century America had emerged as an ...

President Donald Trump says McKinley made the United States prosperous through tariffs. Historians say that’s an incomplete understanding of the 25th president.

Let’s start with Trump’s newfound idol — William McKinley — especially since the current administration seems less like Trump 2.0 and more eerily like McKinley 3.0.

A former president from Ohio could play a big role in shaping President Donald Trump's policies. Trump's a fan of President ...

Animatronics of former President William McKinley and former First Lady Ida McKinley inside the William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Canton, Ohio.

Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller swears-in William McKinley as president as President Grover Cleveland watches on March 4, 1897. (Library of Congress via AP) When most presidents cite illustrious ...

An undated photo of William McKinley, 25th President of the United States. He was inaugurated in 1897, and again in 1901 just prior to being assassinated on Sept. 6, 1901.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to the “Idol of Ohio” - William McKinley. Before becoming the 25th president - McKinley taught at a school in Ohio when the Civil War began. In 1861, an 18 ...

Animatronics of former President William McKinley and former First Lady Ida McKinley inside the William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Canton, Ohio.