Trump Vows to Change Name Back on America’s Tallest Mountain

The campaign is over, but you would never know that by listening to Donald Trump these days.

Trump is still poking Democrats, this time by suggesting he will restore Mount McKinley to its "original" name.

In 2015, in a nod to locals, then-President Barack Obama changed the name of the mountain to Denali.

Change It Back

Since 1917, the largest mountain in the country, located in south-central Alaska, had been knows as Mount McKinley.

The mountain had been named after President William McKinley, who was assassinated during his second term.

McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz on September 6, 1901. He passed away eight days later, with Teddy Roosevelt taking over the presidency.

The Koyukon are the natives that inhabited the land in that area, referred to the mountain as Denali for hundreds of years. However, in 1896, a prospector referred to the mountain as Mount McKinley, with the name being formally changed in 1917.

When Obama changed the name of the mountain, Senator Murkowski (R-AK) cheered the decision, stating at the time, “For generations, Alaskans have known this majestic mountain as ‘the great one.’

“I’d like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honor, respect and gratitude to the Athabascan people of Alaska.”

Obama, at the time, stated, “There’s no denying that for some Americans, the deck’s been stacked against them, sometimes for generations, and that’s been true of many Native Americans.

“But if we’re working together, we can make things better.”

On Sunday, Trump vowed to change it back, stating, “They took his name off Mount McKinley.

“He was a great president. That’s one of the reasons that we’re going to bring back the name of Mount McKinley because I think he deserves it.”

In terms of his presidency, McKinley is generally rated around the middle of the pack.

As far as the mountain is concerned, I would defer to the people of Alaska to make that decision. I don’t like people messing with Texas, so I am surely not going to mess with their state.