Listen " S5E14 | America's Men of Destiny. America's Manifest Destiny."
Episode Synopsis
Pres. Trump admires Pres. Polk and Pres. McKinley - two presidents who expanded America's territories in an age when territorial expansion was a measure of national success. In this interview, my guest compares Pres. Trump with Pres. Polk and Pres. McKinley. He also explains Manifest Destiny, and indulges my questions about what I term 'America's Manifest Destiny 2.0'. Mr. Merry also talks about America's Men of Destiny. So I ask him this: Is Pres. Trump a Man of Destiny? 🚩About My Guest:My guest is Mr. Robert Merry. He has been a political and governmental reporter for national newspapers, a newsroom manager, a publishing CEO, and a political commentator. Mr. Merry has served twice as a Pulitzer Prize juror and is a member of Washington’s prestigious Cosmos Club. Before his career in journalism, he served three years in theArmy, including two in West Germany as a language-qualified counterintelligence agent. Mr. Merry is the author of several books, three of which we discuss in this interview: A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent, President McKinley: Architect of the American Century, and Where They Stand: The American Presidents In the Eyes of Voters and Historians. 🚩Image attribution: From left to right... all Public Domain images►Pres. James Polk►Pres. Donald Trump►Pres. Theodore Roosevelt ►Pres. William McKinley🚩Adel Aalihost & producer☑️Where to find my program:Home:https://historybehindnews.com Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub Adel on Facebook and X.comSupport: Click here and join our other supporters in thenews peeler community. Thank you.🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Scholars in Your Inbox? 150 scholars and counting! So don't miss HbN guest scholars’ weekly takes on the history behind our news.
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