Denali: Why is Donald Trump renaming cherished Alaska peak ‘Mount McKinley’? - The 47th president is wading back into a century-long dispute over the name we give to North America’s tallest mountain

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:

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday,

President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert to its former name, Mount McKinley.

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.

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

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.’

President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and the Alaska mountain Denali to Mount McKinley. What you need to know.

Now, 123 years after McKinley was killed by an assassin just five months into his second term, Trump is seeking to rescue the Ohioan from relative historical obscurity and emulate him as a man of vision and American greatness.

The U.S. Army apologized for the 1869 bombardment of the Tlingit village called Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw at a ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 11, in Wrangell

The President's order to rename Denali, North America's highest peak, back to Mount McKinley does not agree with Alaska senator.