Shortly after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump signed a bunch of executive orders in the Oval Office.
President Donald Trump's executive orders propose bold changes to some of America's iconic landmarks. Here's what we know about renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali, and what could happen next.
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.
President Trump said he will sign executive orders to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley.
Renaming Denali back to Mount McKinley, along with renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, will be among the nearly 200 day-one executive orders Donald Trump is expected to sign after being sworn into office for his second term as president, according to published reports.
President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert to its former name, Mount McKinley.
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
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.
President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and the Alaska mountain Denali to Mount McKinley. What you need to know.
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley.
The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack Obama’s administration ordered that the mountain be renamed as Denali in 2015.