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The mountain was previously called Mount McKinley, after the Ohio native former president. The name was officially changed in 2015.

President Donald Trump says he’s changing the official name of Alaska’s — and North America’s — tallest peak from Denali back to Mount McKinley. It’s the latest chapter in a long struggle over what the mountain should be called.

The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former President Barack Obama.

President Donald Trump signed numerous executive orders on his first day in office on Monday—one of the executive orders was to rename Mt. Denali and the Gulf of Mexico.

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday,

Trump said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs."

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday, and made the announcement in his inaugural address, also promising to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert to its former name, Mount McKinley.

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali in Alaska. To start, Trump re-named the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” following through on a promise he made during his campaign. The body of water borders Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

The 47th president is wading back into a century-long dispute over the name we give to North America’s tallest mountain