When President Donald Trump invoked the phrase “manifest destiny” during his inaugural address Monday and celebrated “our American ancestors” for having “won the Wild West,” he used ...

in a time when a cursory glance of the day’s news calls that ideology of Manifest Destiny to mind: The Gulf of America. Canada, the would-be 51st state. The Panama Canal, ours again to control.

Trump’s vision is not solely about imperial expansion. His true ambition lies in resurrecting the United States as a ...

But the O'Sullivan's phrase was taken by some to mean that it was America's manifest destiny to expand and encourage the American way of life on the Great Plains. Politicians felt that it was part ...

Since mid-century, proponents of America's "Manifest Destiny" had been arguing that the country should flex its newfound muscles and join the ranks of colonial powers. Egged on by "yellow ...