Or sign-in if you have an account. While president-elect Donald Trump hasn’t declared Manifest Destiny as his rationale for wishing to expand American territory beyond its present boundaries ...

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said the United States would be a nation that “expands its territory” and referenced the pursuit of “Manifest Destiny into the stars,” vowing to land ...

Trump’s MAGA Manifest Destiny seems so bizarre it is tempting to dismiss it as one of the many strange quirks of Trump’s personality. But in fact it is deeply rooted in a persistent ...

It was considered one of the largest land deals ever made, negotiated by founding fathers Robert Livingston and Monroe. Monroe declared the importance of “Manifest Destiny” in an 1823 speech ...