Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.

President Trump said he will sign executive orders to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba.

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DoI) on Friday said that the Gulf of Mexico is now to be known as the “Gulf of America” following an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump. On Monday, Trump issued an order saying that the body of water on the south coast of the U.

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued 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 drew a mixed frenzy of eyebrow raises and excitement when he made a bold promise to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” in early January. He doubled-down on the promise during his inauguration speech this week,

While Donald Trump is well within his rights to rename the Gulf of Mexico in federal records, the same cannot be enforced internationally. Mexico pointed out that the Gulf of Mexico name is internationally recognised and has been used for hundreds of years.