One of President Donald Trump’s first executive actions upon reentering the White House was to reestablish its most famous mountain as McKinley’s namesake.
A common sentiment in Alaska is that while President Donald Trump has ordered the name of North America’s tallest peak to be changed from Denali to McKinley, Alaskans will call it what they want. And popular consensus seems to favor Denali.
Alaskans say they will never stop calling the peak Denali despite President Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mt. McKinley.
This comes after President Trump signed an executive order on Inauguration Day that ordered the name Mt. McKinley be reinstated and the Gulf of Mexico be renamed.
The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former President Barack Obama.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Denali, North America’s tallest peak, back to its former name, Mount McKinley.
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While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.
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Murkowski is a moderate with a history of bucking her party and Trump when she has felt it was the right thing to do.
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