Ep. 1519 - The Dawn Of A New America

108.191 - 132.698 Matt Walsh

Manifest destiny is a concept that has not been explicitly invoked by an American president in a very long time. It's the idea that Americans have a divine mandate to conquer, to expand, to reach out across vast expanses. If James Polk hadn't embraced manifest destiny in the middle of the 19th century, there's a very good chance that America wouldn't look anything like what it does today.