President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The most important thing in any name is not what some official institution or a collection of old maps says. Spontaneous order tends to rule the day.

Trump has nominated Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to the Department of Interior. Trump said Jan. 7 at his Mar-a-Lago club that he wanted to make the change because of a trade imbalance with Mexico,

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

President-elect Trump will sign executive orders renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali after his inauguration on Monday.

Florida has become the first state to officially refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," following President Donald Trump 's executive order directing federal agencies to adopt the new name. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used the term in an emergency declaration issued on Monday ahead of a forecast winter storm.

Trump’s plans to rename the gulf appear to be part of a broader offensive against Mexico, calling the nation "very dangerous" and "in a lot of trouble," citing drug trafficking and illegal immigration. However, most drug trafficking from Mexico is aimed at fulfilling consumer demand from Americans.

President-elect Trump is set to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali as part of a surge of Day 1 executive orders, his incoming press secretary shared on the social platform X. Karoline

During his inauguration speech Monday, President Donald Trump repeated his promise to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. "A short time from now we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America," Trump said, during a description of his plans for his first actions as the 47th president.

Trump will make good on his promise to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, as he floated in a news conference earlier this month. A preview of the order, first obtained by the New York Post, said both the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali will be renamed, with the latter reverting back to its previous name, Mount McKinley.

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.