Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum joked that if Trump went ahead with the renaming, her country would rename North America “Mexican America.” On Tuesday, she toned it down: “For us and for the entire world it will continue to be called the Gulf of Mexico.”
The executive order will direct the secretary of the interior to change the name to "Gulf of America” for use on official maps and throughout the federal government, according to the New York Post, which first reported the news. Trump has nominated Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to the Department of Interior.
As part of a torrent of decisions he issued this week hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of America’s tallest mountain be changed from Denali to Mount McKinley, and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed “The Gulf of America.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday shortly after his inauguration calling for the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed the Gulf of America and Denali, the tallest peak in the United States,
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 issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Federal changes have to be made, but other countries and private companies can keep using "Gulf of Mexico." Here's why.
President-elect Trump will sign executive orders renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali after his inauguration on Monday.
Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” highlights the politics of map naming, sparking debates, social media snark, and mixed reactions globally and domestically.
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