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 combat.

In President Donald Trump’s idealized framing, the country thrived in the 1890s, when tariffs were high, but historians say there were other factors.

Gold cards are Trump’s riff on so-called green cards, which grant foreigners the right of permanent residency in the United States.