The tallest mountain in the United States has been officially reverted to Mount McKinley, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced in a press release Friday. The official action comes four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office that also changes the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
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.
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.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Wednesday that he would seek out a conversation with President Donald Trump about his decision to rename Denali, the tallest mountain in the U.S. Trump ordered on Monday to change the name of the peak to Mount McKinley.
JUNEAU, Alaska — President Donald Trump issued ... said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump on ... said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump on ... said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs.
Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, Melissa Arnot Reid, and other climbers and guides react to President Trump’s renaming of Alaska’s Denali
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.
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
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.