Trump has since returned to this theme, claiming in a speech in January 2025: "McKinley was a very good, maybe a great president. They took his name off Mount McKinley. That's what they do to people." ...

The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley.

Alaska's U.S. senators in 2017 vehemently opposed a prior suggestion by Trump that the name Denali be changed back to Mount McKinley. By The Associated Press • Published January 20, 2025 ...

A view of Denali, formerly known as Mt. McKinley, on September 1, 2015 in Denali National Park, Alaska. According to the National Park Service, the summit elevation of Denali is 20,320 feet and is ...

The peak was officially named Mount McKinley from 1917 to 2015, honoring the 25th president, William McKinley. Trump initially backed off the renaming in 2017 after Alaska’s senators opposed the ...

Max Kilcoyne climbed and skied the Orient Express and the Messner Couloir, before climbing the Cassin Ridge and skiing down ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 31 (UPI) --President Barack Obama along with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell have changed the controversial name of Alaska's Mount McKinley to the traditional native ...

The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley.

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he floated years ago that at that time saw strong pushback ...