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 has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley.
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 president, Trump can take the action to rename the body of water, although other countries don’t have to adopt the new name.
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.
While a name change for the Gulf of Mexico could be applied for federal references, other nations have no obligation to follow suit.
Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president, The Post has learned.
President Donald Trump is set to name two geographical entities. Among Trump’s first executive orders Monday is to rename the
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former President Barack Obama.
What’s in a name? A lot, according to President Donald Trump, especially when it comes to putting America first. In his inaugural speech on Monday, Trump repeated his wish to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.