President Donald Trump loves the Gilded Age and its tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many
- Posted on March 10, 2025
- By Chicago Tribune
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President Donald Trump loves the Gilded Age and its tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many

In President Donald Trump’s idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and shirtwaists were fashionable and typhoid fever often killed more soldiers than com…