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 ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — "Manifest Destiny" is back, with Donald Trump as its champion. In the 19th century, the phrase was used to ...

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 ...