Trump Vows To Revert Name Of Alaska’s Mount Denali

The Anchorage Daily News reports:

Trump on Sunday said he wants to change the name of the highest mountain in North America from Denali back to Mount McKinley.

Alaska’s two Republican U.S. senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, immediately pushed back, saying they support the Koyukon Athabascan place name for the mountain. Denali was long favored by many Alaskans and used by Indigenous people here for centuries.

Trump made the suggestion Sunday in a speech to supporters in Phoenix at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest. He mentioned former President William McKinley of Ohio as a supporter of protective tariffs, which Trump has embraced.

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Such a small man: Trump vows to rename Denali as Mount McKinley, after Obama agreed with residents in 2015 and changed the name to Denali. McKinley had never even visited the mountain!
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