The owner of Gulfofamerica.com remains unknown but the website – it sells maps, globes and other gear – is registered to domain registrar NameBright.
After President Donald Trump issued an executive order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis quickly jumped on the idea. But actually making
President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Donald Trump's attempts to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America has not yet been acknowledged by map services.
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." "President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American civilization," the newly inaugurated president's executive order said.
Gov. Ron DeSantis may have been the first official to use President's Trump's new name for the Gulf of Mexico in an official capacity.
The order Trump signed instructs the Interior Department to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the renaming of the Gulf and remove all references to the Gulf of Mexico. It says all federal references to the Gulf of America, including on agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications shall reflect the renaming.
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
President Trump's executive order renames the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, cast your vote on which name you prefer.
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President Trump's territorial assertions sparked a round of rethinking by mapmakers and teachers, snark on social media and sarcasm by at least one other world leader.