Jan 21, 2025 · Topline. President Donald Trump on his first day in office signed an executive order calling for the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed the Gulf of America on federal documents "in recognition of this ...

Jan 21, 2025 · (b) As such, within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall, consistent with 43 U.S.C. 364 through 364f, take all appropriate actions to rename as the “Gulf of ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The Gulf of Mexico has been so named at least since the late 1600s, when it was used to describe the body of water that's bordered to the north by the United States' southern coast, from Texas to ...

Jan 20, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said in his inaugural address that he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” repeating an idea he first brought up earlier this month during a news conference.

Jan 8, 2025 · In his inaugural address, President Trump doubled-down on his pledge to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s what to know about the Gulf, the name and the possibility it might change.

Jan 21, 2025 · Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named "Gulf of America."

4 days ago · But Mexico argues the U.S. cannot legally change the Gulf's name because the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea dictates that an individual country's sovereign territory only extends ...

Jan 20, 2025 · As part of a flurry of executive orders on President Trump's first day in office, the newly inaugurated president signed orders calling for renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America...

Jan 23, 2025 · What’s in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico, as it has been for four centuries, or the Gulf of America, as President Donald Trump ordered this week.North America’s highest mountain peak will still loom above Alaska whether it’s called ...

Jan 21, 2025 · President Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the federal government to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The name, he said earlier this month, “has a beautiful...