Manifest Destiny was a 19th-century belief in the United States that Americans were destined by divine providence to expand their territory across the North American continent. The term was coined ...

And yet, here we are, in a time when a cursory glance of the day’s news calls that ideology of Manifest Destiny to mind: The Gulf of America. Canada, the would-be 51st state.

"And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars," Trump said on Jan. 20.