Trump vows to revert name of Alaska’s highest peak from Denali back to Mount McKinley
President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday,
US’ highest mountain called Denali for thousands of years, and Mount McKinley for nearly a century
The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great one" to be restored.
McKinley lost his seat in Congress that same year. People blamed the unpopularity of tariffs for Republican President ...
Alaska's top lawmakers oppose Trump's plan to rename Denali back to Mount McKinley, advocating for the name that honors the region's Indigenous heritage.
The 47th president’s affinity for the 25th president is understandable, if not quite accurate.
Trump signed the order within hours of returning to the presidency, after saying in his speech after taking the oath of office, “we will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley ...
William McKinley, the 25th president, loved tariffs and expanded American territory. What more do you need to know?
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