Gov. Ron DeSantis may have been the first official to use President's Trump's new name for the Gulf of Mexico in an official capacity.
Trump vowed to change the 456-year-old name of the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America' as soon as he entered the White House - saying 'we do most of the work there, it’s ours'
The order Trump signed instructs the Interior Department to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the renaming of the Gulf and remove all references to the Gulf of Mexico. It says all federal references to the Gulf of America, including on agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications shall reflect the renaming.
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
President Donald Trump has turned the name of the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ into a political hot-button issue. But does he actually have the power to change it?
The new US president signed an order that will see the body of water named the Gulf of America on US maps. But the rest of the world doesn't have to follow suit.
President Trump has signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and revert Denali to its original name, Mount McKinley. The name changes aim to honor American greatness.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has an answer for President Donald Trump about his idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America:” he can call it whatever he wants on the American part of it.