McKinley had no connection to Alaska or Denali. So what is the story?

[struggle4progress]

Written by Neha Banka
New Delhi | Updated: January 22, 2025 12:03 IST

... The long debate about the name of the mountain gained fresh prominence during the first Trump presidency. According to a 2017 report by CNN, the President, during a meeting with the two Senators from Alaska at the time, Republicans Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, asked them about reversing the decision made by the Obama administration.

After winning the presidency for the second time, however, Trump reopened the subject. He said last year: “McKinley was a very good, maybe a great President. They took his name off Mount McKinley. That’s what they do to people. President McKinley was the President that was responsible for creating a vast sum of money. That’s one of the reasons that we’re going to bring back the name of Mount McKinley, because I think he deserves it.”

According to a December 2024 report by the Associated Press, US Senators from Alaska Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both Republican, and the Alaska State Senator Scott Kawasaki (Democrat) opposed Trump’s decision.

Sen. Murkowski, who had for years pushed for legislation to change the name to Denali, wrote on X, “There is only one name worthy of North America’s tallest mountain: Denali — the Great One.”

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/denali-mckinley-trump-renaming-9791597/

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump's laying the groundwork to have the mountain named after him.

[struggle4progress]

5. Mt Lyin Cheatin Thievin Scumbag?

[Irish_Dem]

6. You forgot rapist.

Yep that's the name alright.

[struggle4progress]

12. Life is so short and there are so many applicable labels

[Irish_Dem]

13. True, you could spend an entire day writing up a list of Trump's crimes.

[Captain Zero]

20. He has to die first

Someone let him know...

[struggle4progress]

2. More than two-to-one, Alaskans oppose reverting Denali to McKinley

by Mark Sabbatini
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 4:05pm

Alaskans oppose reverting the name of Denali to Mount McKinley by more than a two-to-one margin, according to a survey of residents conducted several days before President Donald Trump announced he would make the change ...

The survey of 1,816 adult residents in Alaska found 54% opposed changing the name of the highest mountain in the U.S., 26% supported it and 20% had no opinion, said Ivan Moore, owner of Alaska Survey Research. The question was part of a broader poll about general issues conducted between Jan. 11 and 13, and has a margin of error of 2.3% ...

https://www.juneauempire.com/news/poll-alaskans-oppose-reverting-denali-back-to-mt-mckinley-by-more-than-two-to-one/

[Lovie777]

3. I don't know.....

but shithole may give Putin Alaska tho.

[struggle4progress]

4. Native leaders call to preserve Denali name

Daysha Eaton
Washington, D.C. — January 22, 2025

... "Located on the traditional homelands of the Dene peoples, it reflects a profound spiritual and cultural relationship with the land," said Emily Edenshaw, president and CEO of the Alaska Native Heritage Center. "Keeping this name honors that connection and recognizes the enduring contributions of Alaska Native peoples."

In a statement on X, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski wrote, "I strongly disagree with the President's decision on Denali. Our nation's tallest mountain, which has been called Denali for thousands of years, must continue to be known by the rightful name bestowed by Alaska's Koyukon Athabascans, who have stewarded the land since time immemorial" ...

https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/politics/alaska-native-leaders-call-preserve-denali-name-mount-mckinley

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7. Alaska politicians question proposal to rename Denali

By Iris Samuels
Updated: 5 minutes ago
Published: 10 minutes ago

JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Wednesday that he would seek out a conversation with President Donald Trump about his decision to rename Denali ...

The mountain was named after President William McKinley, an Ohioan who had never visited Alaska, until former President Barack Obama formally renamed it Denali in 2015, after decades of requests for the name change from Alaska leaders.

Alaska’s two Republican senators have both said they would prefer the mountain’s name to remain Denali. The state’s lone U.S. representative, also a Republican, has not taken a position on the topic ...

https://www.adn.com/politics/2025/01/22/alaska-politicians-question-trumps-proposal-to-rename-denali/

[struggle4progress]

8. Why rename cherished peak?

... "In looking backward over the history of the big mountain, it seems strange and unfortunate that the name of McKinley should have been attached to it," said Browne in 1913.

In 1930, Sheldon likewise noted: "The Indians who have lived for countless generations in the presence of these colossal mountains have given them names that are both euphonious and appropriate.”

He asked: "Can it be denied that the names they gave to the most imposing features of their country should be preserved? Can it be too late to ... restore these beautiful names?"

In fact, it wasn't too late. By 1975 enough momentum had grown that Alaska's Republican governor Jay Hammond, and a majority of its state legislature, requested an official name change to Denali ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/denali-mount-mckinley-name-trump-b2683212.html

[Hassler]

9. Maybe Scump should learn how things turned out for McKinley.

And get a clue

[eppur_se_muova]

10. It was officially named a few years after McKinley was assassinated --

The mountain had been unofficially named Mount McKinley in 1896 by a gold prospector (and McKinley supporter) and officially by the federal government in 1917 to commemorate William McKinley, who was President of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali%E2%80%93Mount_McKinley_naming_dispute#McKinley_naming

[KitFox]

11. Even though Alaskans had been trying to change it from McKinley back to Denali

for many years, since it was President O’Bama that had it changed speaks volumes where Trump is concerned. Trump was whining about this in his first term. He is so pathetic and shallow that anything President O’Bama did he wants to undo. You can bet Trump didn’t and still doesn’t know anything about McKinley. The ignorant narcissist strikes again.

[valleyrogue]

14. I suggest a "compromise"--Mt. Gleason

Name it after late actor and comic Jackie Gleason, who was also known as "The Great One."

[malaise]

15. Racism

That is all

[Dulcinea]

16. I'm pretty sure people in Alaska call it Denali regardless.

When we visited Alaska in 1999, before President Obama made it official, we were told that Alaskans call the mountain Denali. No one but outsiders called it Mt. McKinley.

[ShazzieB]

17. Gross.

TSF: "President McKinley was the President that was responsible for creating a vast sum of money. That’s one of the reasons that we’re going to bring back the name of Mount McKinley, because I think he deserves it.”

I don't know much about what happened during the McKinley administration, but I don't believe this is true. But whether it's true or not, doesn't it just say volumes about TSF's view of what matters?

No, it doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know, but I just love it when he trumpets (pun intended) his real priorities like this.

[Paladin]

18. McKinley was an old, wealthy, white guy.

That about covers it.

[valleyrogue]

19. Obama made the name official.

That is the answer.

[LeftInTX]

21. It probably would not have been named "McKinley" if he wasn't assassinated.

I don't know what they would have named it way back then, but I think it was because McKinley was assassinated.

Trump is an ass.......