In a flurry of first-day-in-office activity, Donald Trump has signed an order to rename the 617,800 sq mile Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s 20,000ft mountain Denali. The Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the Gulf of America, and Denali, the highest peak in North America, will revert to Mount McKinley – the name it was called before Barack Obama changed it in 2015. The renaming of the two natural features is to honor “American greatness”, according to a...

A bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" has been met with scorn and sarcasm following its introduction by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is unsurprisingly feeling empowered by Trump’s plan to change the Gulf of Mexico’s name to the “Gulf of America.” Trump floated the idea at a press conference on Tuesday, claiming that the United States already had ownership of the Gulf anyway. “We’re gonna be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America … what a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate … Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour...

President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' at a press conference on Tuesday while calling Mexico a "dangerous place."

According to the Texas State Historical Association, the gulf didn't have a name until the 1540s and was considered part of the Atlantic Ocean.