The concept of Manifest Destiny, the 19th-century doctrine suggesting that the United States was divinely ordained to expand across North America, was frequently justified through selective ...

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 ...

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 ...

Each time Trump hints at taking over a territory, he taps into an American myth synonymous with violence and self-righteous entitlement: Manifest Destiny. Early in the nineteenth century ...

"Manifest Destiny" is back, with Donald Trump as its champion. In the 19th century, the phrase was used to invoke the divine ...

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 ...

Trump wants to carry out another “manifest destiny” —but this time on Mars.. “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and ...