The Wall Street Journal (February 4, 2025): President Donald Trump often cites the 25th President, William McKinley, as an inspiration for tariffs.
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The ‘McKinley Tariffs’ were some of the largest hikes in U.S. history, but in his second term, McKinley changed his mind, and argued for more free international trade as a way of helping the U.S. economy. WSJ explores how McKinley used tariffs, how Trump is following a similar playbook and why McKinley. Actually came to speak out against them.
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