President Barack Obama, busy trying to engage a conversation about environmentalism in Alaska, has officially chaged the name of the nation's tallest mountain from Mt. McKinley to Denali.

The new name, which means “the high one,” offers overdue respect to the region's native population, a group that Obama says is facing the immediate effects of climate change. As quoted in CNN, Obama spoke of environmental threats on Sunday, saying, "This is all real. This is happening to our fellow Americans right now."

Whatever the motivation behind the name change was, Ohio Gov. John Kasich has taken the president to task, stating that he disagrees with Obama's decision to rename Mount McKinley.
As reported in the Associated Press, Kasich addressed the issue during a campaign stop in Michigan, stating, "You just don't go and do something like that."

The mountain had been named after Ohio native President William McKinley since 1917.
Kasich, who is running for the GOP nomination, said, “A guy saw that mountain when he was one of the first up there ... named it after the president. No reason to change it.”

Kasich is not the only conservative who thinks the name change was a bad move.

Celebrity real estate magnate-turned-Presidential hopeful Donald Trump tweeted on Monday that: "President Obama wants to change the name of Mt. McKinley to Denali after more than 100 years. Great insult to Ohio. I will change back!"

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, got in on the discussion as well, adding some historical perspective to the name change drama.

As reported in Talking Points Memo, he explained the reason that McKinley’s name has been linked to the highest peak in North America for over a century, stating, “McKinley served our country with distinction during the Civil War as a member of the Army. He made a difference for his constituents and his state as a member of the House of Representatives and as Governor of the great state of Ohio. And he led this nation to prosperity and victory in the Spanish-American War as the 25th President of the United States."

Boehner said he was deeply disappointed in Obama's decision to rename the mountain.