Renaming Denali back to Mount McKinley, along with renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, will be among the nearly 200 day-one executive orders Donald Trump is expected to sign after being sworn into office for his second term as president, according to published reports.
Alaskans oppose reverting the name of Denali to Mount McKinley by more than a two-to-one margin, according to a survey of residents conducted several days before President Donald Trump announced he would make the change during his second inauguration speech Monday.
The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack Obama’s administration ordered that the mountain be renamed as Denali in 2015.
Denali: Why is Donald Trump renaming cherished Alaska peak ‘Mount McKinley’? - The 47th president is wading back into a century-long dispute over the name we give to North America’s tallest mountain
During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley. Here's why:
President Trump plans to rename Denali back to Mount McKinley, reigniting debates with state leaders and advocacy groups who prefer the traditional Alaska Native name. Former President Obama renamed it in 2015 in acknowledgment of Alaska Native traditions.
Among the roughly 200 executive orders President Donald Trump is expected to sign during his first day in office is a declaration to restore the name of the 25th president, William McKinley, to an Alaska mountain.
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,
Alaska Native leaders, as well as state politicians, object that the order undoes years of work with the federal government to establish Denali as the rightful name. “Located on
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