President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley, reviving an idea he floated years ago that saw strong pushback from state political leaders at the time.

Trump, who took office for the second time on Monday, said he plans to “restore the name of the great President William McKinley where it should be and where it belongs. President McKinley made our country rich through tariffs and tariffs.” “.

Trump also announced that he intends to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the American Gulf.

Messages sent to Alaska's three-member Republican congressional delegation and Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy were not immediately returned. Alaska's U.S. senators strongly opposed Trump's previous proposal in 2017 to return Denali's name to Mount McKinley.

The then president Barack Obama in 2015 changed name to Denali reflect Alaska Native traditions and the preference of many Alaskans. The US federal government has tried in recent years to change place names that are considered disrespectful to Native people.

Denali is an Athabaskan word meaning “high” or “big.” The iconic 6,190-meter mountain, snow-capped and dotted with glaciers, is located in Denali National Park and Preserve.

In 1896, the explorer named the peak “Mt. McKinley” after President William McKinley, who had never been to Alaska.The name was officially recognized by the US government until Obama changed it, despite opposition from lawmakers in McKinley's home state.

Trump brought up the idea of ​​a name change again at a rally late last year after his election.

“McKinley was a very good, maybe a great president,” Trump said in December. “His name was taken off Mt. McKinley, right? That's what they do to people.”

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among those who opposed the name change from Denali.

“You cannot improve on the name that the Koyukon Athabascans of Alaska gave to the highest peak in North America, Denali, the Great,” he said at the time, adding that the issue “should not be discussed again.”

The Tanana Chiefs Conference, a consortium of Athabaskan tribes in Interior Alaska, has advocated for years for the peak to be recognized as Denali.

McKinley, an Ohio Republican who was the 25th president, was assassinated early in his second term in 1901 in Buffalo, New York.

Alaska and Ohio have been at odds over the name since at least the 1970s.