McKinley had no connection to Alaska or Denali. So what is the story? [View all]
Written by Neha Banka
New Delhi | Updated: January 22, 2025 12:03 IST
... The long debate about the name of the mountain gained fresh prominence during the first Trump presidency. According to a 2017 report by CNN, the President, during a meeting with the two Senators from Alaska at the time, Republicans Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, asked them about reversing the decision made by the Obama administration.
After winning the presidency for the second time, however, Trump reopened the subject. He said last year: “McKinley was a very good, maybe a great President. They took his name off Mount McKinley. That’s what they do to people. President McKinley was the President that was responsible for creating a vast sum of money. That’s one of the reasons that we’re going to bring back the name of Mount McKinley, because I think he deserves it.”
According to a December 2024 report by the Associated Press, US Senators from Alaska Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both Republican, and the Alaska State Senator Scott Kawasaki (Democrat) opposed Trump’s decision.
Sen. Murkowski, who had for years pushed for legislation to change the name to Denali, wrote on X, “There is only one name worthy of North America’s tallest mountain: Denali — the Great One.”
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