Donald Trump plans to order the renaming of Mount Denali in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska within hours of taking office as the 47th president, The Post has learned.
The Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the Gulf of America, and North America's highest mountain, Denali, will revert back to Mount McKinley — the mountain it was called at the discretion of the U.S. government before former President Barack Obama changed its name in 2015. To.
A preview of the order says the renaming of the two natural features is to honor “American greatness.”
“President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing a pillar of American civilization,” the document reads.
The draft document says the return of Mount McKinley, which at 20,310 feet is the highest mountain in North America, is of particular importance to President Trump.
The federal government officially named it Mount McKinley in 1917 in honor of the Republican president who was assassinated 16 years earlier.
Mr. McKinley has been an inspiration to Mr. Trump on both tariff policy and the expansion of U.S. territory after the Spanish-American War.
“McKinley was a very good president, probably a great president,” Trump said at the Turning Point USA rally in Arizona in December. “They took his name from Mount McKinley, right? That's what they do to people. Now, he was a great president, a very good president. At least he He was a very good businessman. He was a businessman, then a governor, and a very successful businessman.”
“President McKinley is honored to have sacrificed his life for our great country, and is duly recognized for his historic legacy of protecting the national interests of the United States and creating great wealth for this nation,” the draft statement reads. It is written.
President Obama ordered that Mount McKinley be renamed Denali, in honor of the mountain's indigenous name used by the Koyukon-Athabascan people, the natives of Alaska. The Alaska State Legislature requested a name change from the federal government in 1975.
Trump also talked about renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month, saying the bay has a “beautiful ring.”
“What a beautiful name, and how fitting,” President Trump declared on January 7.
The president-elect has clashed with Mexico throughout his first term, particularly threatening to impose high tariffs on the country if it fails to stem the flow of migrants across the border with the United States.
The Gulf, bordered by five states: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, is one of the major sites for offshore oil production that President Trump has vowed to encourage in his second term. .
The draft bill praised the bay as being of “vital importance” to the maritime industry and “energy production, international trade, tourism, fishing, and recreation.”
President Trump, 78, is scheduled to sign the order in the President's Office at the Capitol after being sworn in. It is also possible that he will sign the order at the White House after the inaugural parade.
The 47th president is expected to sign nearly 200 executive actions by the end of his first day in office.
