Drew Dixon
Incoming President Donald Trump will waste little time in shaping up his vision to Make America Great Again.
Trump has toyed with renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America since being elected Nov. 5. It appears it was no joke. The New York Post is reporting that Trump will use his first moments in office as President to rename the body of water.
“It has a beautiful ring. It covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. And, it’s appropriate,” Trump said during a news conference this month.
And that’s not the only geographic name change Trump has in mind. He wants to rename the mountain in south-central Alaska now known as Mount Denali to “Mount McKinley.” The mountain was named after William McKinley, America’s 25th President, for decades. President Barack Obama changed the mountain’s name to “Mount Denali” in 2015.
The Wall Street Journal is also reporting the name changes are pending.
The Post is reporting that Trump will use executive orders to change the names as early as his first day in office Monday. Post reporters say they have seen the executive orders that state Trump would “restore America’s greatness” by making those moves.
The U.S. Interior Secretary, under the directives of the executive orders, would be instructed to officially change the names of those locations.
Of course, Florida features about 770 miles along the west coast of the state that borders what is now known as the Gulf of Mexico, from the Florida Keys north through the Panhandle.
It’s not clear, the Post reported, what impact such name changes would have on the names of public buildings and maps and when and if those names would need to be converted on official American documents.
9 comments
PeterH
January 20, 2025 at 12:32 pm
Hail to the CONVICTED FELON!
JD
January 20, 2025 at 12:48 pm
WHERE IS DOGE ON THIS! Waste of money. What a lie this guy is.
#FDT “What a nice ring that has”
PeterH
January 20, 2025 at 5:26 pm
Ramaswamy just resigned from DOGE.
tom palmer
January 20, 2025 at 1:33 pm
There is a protocol for naming geographic features there is even a federal agency in charge of such things. A whole lot of remapping will follow. Be interesting to know the history but imagine it dates to the time when Spain owned Mexico and Florida
tom palmer
January 20, 2025 at 1:36 pm
I’d add who claimed to be a peacemaker, why pursue such as in your face action as this?
Silly Wabbit
January 20, 2025 at 2:42 pm
Twump lies.
Ocean Joe
January 21, 2025 at 7:16 pm
Let’s just be glad he’s not trying to name it after himself. His cult will do that later.
Victoria Olson
January 20, 2025 at 6:57 pm
While a name change is theoretically possible, such a decision cannot be made unilaterally, and other nations are not obligated to recognize it.
The US and Mexico are members of the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO), which oversees the uniform charting and naming of the world’s seas, oceans, and navigable waters. In practice, countries sometimes refer to the same body of water or landmark by different names in their own documentation, but official changes require broader international consensus.
While the US claims control over a significant portion of the gulf, international agreements have clarified territorial waters. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, US waters extend 12 nautical miles from its coastline.
How did the Gulf of Mexico get its name?
The body of water has been depicted with that name for more than four centuries, an original determination believed to have been taken from a Native American city of “Mexico. ”However, in the US, it is often colloquially called the “Third Coast” due to its coastline spanning five southeastern states. Mexicans refer to the gulf as El Golfo de México, using the Spanish version of the name. While the US claims control over a significant portion of the gulf, international agreements have clarified territorial waters. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, US waters extend 12 nautical miles from its coastline
The Cat In The MAGA Hat
January 21, 2025 at 8:07 am
It not gonna stop hurricane, from impacting the Gulf of Mexico
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