Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

The Trump administration has officially implemented name changes for Alaska's Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico, as requested by the new president.

The US Department of the Interior (DoI) on Friday said that the Gulf of Mexico is now to be known as the "Gulf of America" following an executive order by US President Donald Trump. On Monday, Trump issued an order saying that the body of water on the south coast of the US and east coast of Mexico would be renamed in honour of "American greatness.

Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The executive order will direct the secretary of the interior to change the name to "Gulf of America” for use on official maps and throughout the federal government, according to the New York Post, which first reported the news. Trump has nominated Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to the Department of Interior.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has an answer for President Donald Trump about his idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America:” he can call it whatever he wants on the American part of it.

Hillary Clinton laughed during President Donald Trump's inaugural address when he announced plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America'.

As you’ve undoubtedly noted, likely with acute tedium, politicians and especially presidential candidates love to talk about Day 1. On Day 1 of their administration, this will happen, that will happen,

He also symbolically but provocatively announced he was rechristening the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” Read more at straitstimes.com.

Soon after taking charge as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump said that the golden age of America has begun.

New administration targets illegal migration, ending birthright citizenship and diversity programmes, and Joe Biden’s TikTok ban