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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.

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.

Trump said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs."

The 47th president is wading back into a century-long dispute over the name we give to North America’s tallest mountain

The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s tallest mountain.

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” something that he has mentioned previously. “America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest,

The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former President Barack Obama.

On his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's tallest mountain from Denali to Mount McKinley.

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley. Here's why:

For decades, Alaskans and Indigenous groups petitioned for the name to be changed back to Denali. Their efforts faced opposition, particularly from Ohio lawmakers who viewed the name Mount McKinley as a tribute to their state’s native son and 25th U.S. president.