After Trump orders Denali renamed to Mount McKinley, a presidential descendant supports a compromise
Trump's decision is being met with resistance, as many Alaska lawmakers, including its two Republican Senators, have voiced opposition to the change.
When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office to rename North America's tallest peak, known as Denali in Alaska, after President William McKinley, one descendant of the 25th president was beyond elated.
"He deserves to have the mountain named after him," Massee McKinley, a great-great nephew, said Thursday. "He had unparalleled integrity. People respected him."
But Trump's decision is being met with resistance, as many Alaska lawmakers, including its two Republican senators, have voiced opposition to the change. So Massee McKinley is backing a compromise: call it Mount McKinley, but keep Denali National Park and Preserve.
"The international community's always going to know the entire park and the mountain as Denali, and we don't dispute that," McKinley said. "But I definitely think from a national perspective, in the United States, we can have the compromise. I don't see a problem with that."
In fact, Trump's executive order proposes keeping the park's name: "The national park area surrounding Mount McKinley shall retain the name Denali National Park and Preserve."
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