President Donald Trump announced his intention to sign an executive order reversing the Obama administration's decision to rename Mount McKinley to Denali. Trump argues the mountain should bear the name of former President William McKinley, after whom it was originally named.
, honoring the peak’s name in Native American cultures within Alaska and at the request of numerous Alaska n state officials and organizations.
Denali is the tallest peak in North America, rising nearly 21,000 feet into the sky. It sits inside of Denali National Park, with the park’s territory covering 6.1 million acres, an area larger than the state of New Hampshire,The renaming of Denali is one of several Trump intends to undertake, including changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America via executive order.
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