Alaska senators tell Trump not to change back name of mountain

Alaska senators tell Trump not to change back name of mountain

Alaska lawmakers reportedly declined President Trump’s offer to change the name of North America’s largest mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley.

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recalled during a speech at the Alaska Federation of Natives’ annual conference that Trump offered to reverse the Obama-era order changing the name during a meeting in March with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Alaska Dispatch News reported.

“He looked at me and said, ‘I heard that the big mountain in Alaska also had – also its…

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