Trump wants to rename Denali to honor former president from Ohio

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will "bring back the name of Mount McKinley" to the Alaska mountain known as Denali, the tallest in the United States.

The mountain, referred to as Denali by Alaska Natives for centuries, was officially named Mount McKinley from 1917 until 2015, after former President William McKinley who was assassinated in 1901.

The name was changed to Denali in 2015 during President Barack Obama's second term, with Trump vowing during his 2016 presidential campaign to undo the change and then backing down when Alaska's two U.S. senators expressed opposition the follo...

 

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