Trump Executive Order Renames Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America”

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office, officially renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America”.

The executive order emphasizes the Gulf’s strategic importance to the United States, noting that the U.S. coastline along this body of water spans over 1,700 miles and encompasses nearly 160 million acres (Mexico’s coastline also spans over 1,700 miles).

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