Promise: Change the name of Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley
Record date: December 10, 2018
Donald Trump promised to change the name of Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley.
The commitment
Change the name of Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley.
Published tracker status: Promise Broken
The tracker concluded that the promised outcome was not achieved.
PolitiFact’s update summarized the result this way: “Trump unable to bring (Mount) McKinley back to life”
What would satisfy the promise?
The relevant test is the outcome described in the commitment—not merely an announcement, executive order, proposal or attempt. A final assessment should identify the action taken, whether it remained in force, who was affected and whether the promised result was delivered at the scale stated.
Why this belongs in the record
Campaign promises are forward-looking claims. Preserving the original commitment beside the later result makes it possible to distinguish action from completion and partial movement from the outcome voters were offered.
Source and attribution
This entry indexes an external promise rating published by PolitiFact. The status is attributed to that tracker and should be revisited if its underlying evidence changes. Read the complete source review.