The President's order to rename Denali, North America's highest peak, back to Mount McKinley does not agree with Alaska senator.
The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former President Barack Obama.
The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The state’s senators prefer the Native name.
As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of America’s tallest mountain be changed from Denali to Mount McKinley, and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed “The Gulf of America.”
President Donald Trump’s blizzard of executive orders during the first few days of his presidency has sent Republican lawmakers scrambling to make sense of what impact they’ll have on the country, and some GOP senators are already raising questions and concerns.
The US president ordered US mapmakers to make the change within hours of taking office on Monday, making good on a campaign promise which infuriated the Mexican government.
Rather than appeal to Denmark’s goodwill, President Trump’s rhetoric risks trapping the U.S. in a cycle of increasing coercion.
The US president ordered US mapmakers to make the change within hours of taking office on Monday, making good on a campaign promise which infuriated the Mexican government.
The president was set to make the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he is expected to sign on Monday. Former President Barack Obama’s administration ordered that the mountain be renamed as Denali in 2015.
President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley.
Among the first executive orders signed by President Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."