As United States President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday, he repeated his wishes to acquire the Panama Canal and rename the Gulf of Mexico in his inaugural speech.

the U.S. Board of Geographic Names has jurisdiction over what American geographic features are named, according to ABC. But presidents can rename geographic features and regions via executive order.

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 ...

I've already talked to him about it." During the transition, Mr. Trump had vowed to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said last week that she would direct ...

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Donald Trump will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali by executive order in one of his first acts as president. The news broke shortly before he was sworn in Monday morning, and Trump ...

Ahead of his inauguration on Monday, it was revealed that Trump would sign an order to rename Denali as Mount McKinley (and rename the Gulf of Mexico). It appears to be a nod to an admiration for ...

Donald Trump ordered the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president Monday night. The Gulf of Mexico was rechristened the Gulf of America ...

The Gulf of Mexico, which Trump intends to rename, is an essential waterbody for North America. With a total area of about 600,000 square miles, it is the tenth-largest body of water in the world.

So, can the president really rename it? Sure! At least as far as the US is concerned, anyway. The relevant federal body is the Board on Geographic Names (BGN), established in 1890 with the mission ...

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 ...