Trump, as Alaskans Balk, Puts McKinley, a Unifying Figure, Back on His Mountaintop

The move, the 47th president says, will ‘restore the name of a great president’ to ‘Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs.’

Denali National Park and Preserve via Wikimedia Commons
By executive order, President Trump has restored the name of Mount McKinley, which was designated by President Obama as Denali. Denali National Park and Preserve via Wikimedia Commons

President Trump is restoring President McKinley’s name to the tallest peak in North America, drawing objections from Alaskans. The state’s two GOP senators prefer, in Denali, one of several local names, but Trump’s executive order respects only a compromise President Carter struck in 1980.

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