President Donald Trump is renaming Denali to its previous name, Mount McKinley. It is among the many first actions that Trump is taking early in his presidency.
McKinley was named after a president who served from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A Republican, he made Republicans a dominant force as a new party, standing for progress and industrial might.
Then, in 2015, President Barack Obama renamed it Denali with an executive order. Trump is undoing that action as he returns to the White House.
The national park is still named Denali.
He said he is also renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” which covers all the Americas in North, Central and South America that touch the Gulf.
Trump will also withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. This is the second time he has removed America from the agreement that was adopted, most recently by President Joe Biden in 2021.
He also hinted today that he will be pardoning or giving clemency to the Jan. 6, 2021 political prisoners.
