What goes through Trump’s mind is unfathomable, and that is not because he outshines Stephen Hawking. His latest incarnation as El Conquistador bears this out. Of all the things that need to be dealt ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land from the grasp of... What does Trump mean when he invokes America's ...

The Panama Canal, Greenland, Canada, Gaza. Each time Trump hints at taking over a territory, he taps into an American myth synonymous with violence and self-righteous entitlement: Manifest Destiny.

Chances are you haven't heard the term "manifest destiny" since high school history class. That is until President Trump's inaugural address last month, when he used it to call for America to "plant ...