American President Donald Trump announced during his inauguration speech on Monday that he wanted to restore Denali, the highest peak in North America located in Alaska, to its former name of “Mount McKinley”, modified according to the wishes of the indigenous populations. . The decree making this name change effective must be published during the day.
The peak, which rises to more than 20,000 feet, was renamed “Denali” by former President Barack Obama in 2015, adopting the name used by Alaska Natives for centuries, the government of the state having done the same in the 1970s.
“We are going to restore this name of Mount McKinley in homage to William McKinley, a great president, that is how it should be,” Donald Trump said during his swearing-in. William McKinley, the 25th US president, never visited Denali and has no connection to Alaska or the mountain, although it was named in his honor in 1917.
