The President's order to rename Denali, North America's highest peak, back to Mount McKinley does not agree with Alaska senator.

The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack Obama’s administration ordered that the mountain be renamed as Denali in 2015.

Alaska Native leaders, as well as state politicians, object that the order undoes years of work with the federal government to establish Denali as the rightful name. “Located on

The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s tallest mountain.

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” something that he has mentioned previously. “America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest,

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.

The peak was known as Mount McKinley until 2015, when President Obama changed it in recognition of its 10,000 year old original Alaskan name

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."

On his first day, President Trump plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and revert Denali to Mount McKinley, sparking some pushback from representatives in Alaska.

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to change the name of North America's highest mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley. "We will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley to Mount McKinley,