The Associated Press has weighed in on how it will respond to President Donald Trump’s executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the name of Alaska’s Denali back to Mount McKinley.
As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of America’s tallest mountain be changed from Denali to Mount McKinley, and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed “The Gulf of America.”
President-elect Donald Trump said in his inaugural address that he plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico and the Denali peak in Alaska. The Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the Gulf of America, and Denali,
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba.
In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name
Oklahoma public schools will be among the first to adopt President Trump's new names for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali, America's highest mountain
While a name change for the Gulf of Mexico could be applied for federal references, other nations have no obligation to follow suit.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Denali to Mount McKinley, honoring U.S. heritage and history.
How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not simple or quick, as President Trump is about to find out.
U.S. oil and gas companies are unlikely to expand development in Alaska and the Arctic following President Donald Trump's executive order enabling them to do so, company officials and industry representatives told Reuters,
President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert to its former name, Mount McKinley.