“We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on planet Mars,” he said. Trump’s comments sparked an enthusiastic response from his close ally, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk, who pumped his arms and gave a thumbs up.

William McKinley was a racist imperialist, someone Trump admires That’s the term that pretty much defined the displacement and death of tens of thousands of native Americans. It defined settler colonialism and US imperialism.