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US president-elect Donald Trump has said he will rename Denali, Alaska natives’ name for North America’s tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th US president who was assassinated in 1901.

Democratic former president Barack Obama in 2015 officially renamed the mountain as Denali, siding with the state of Alaska and ending a decades-long naming battle. The peak had been officially called Mount McKinley since 1917.

“They took his name off Mount McKinley,” Trump said in a speech to supporters in Phoenix on Sunday. “He was a great president,” Trump, a Republican, said, adding that his administration will “bring back the name of Mount McKinley because I think he deserves it.”

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[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I think he will see that very few people give a shit what the mountain is officially called. People who want to call it "Mount McKinley" will continue to call it "Mount McKinley" and people who want to call it "Denali" will continue to call it "Denali".

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

But he's scoring points by rolling back an Obama order. He may not have dismantled Obamacare but this will serve as enough distraction until he finds something else Obama did that he can reverse. Obama had 2 terms -- there's lots for Trump to hunt down and roll back 🤡

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 days ago

Quick, someone tell trump that Obama renewed the Patriot act

[-] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

This is the key to this article. Trump's still butthurt that a black man was ever president.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

See also: "PLUTO IS A PLANET!!!!!!"

In the end, a mountain doesn't care what it's name is and a space rock doesn't care what you classify it as. No one's forcing you to go with the consensus on a name. Go check with the Bill of Rights if you think otherwise.

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