Satellite view of the gulf. The name of the Gulf of Mexico became a subject of dispute inside and outside the United States in 2025, when U.S. president Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14172, directing the U.S. interior secretary to change its name to the "Gulf of America" within the U.S. federal government.As of February 2025, the majority of Americans oppose the change.

Feb 19, 2025 · Almost 15 years later, it could have been worse: Trump could have decreed the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the Gulf of MAGA. (Don’t anyone give him any ideas!) But Trump’s arrival at changing...

Feb 13, 2025 · Donald Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Can he do that? Google Maps began using “Gulf of America” for users in the U.S., saying it had a “longstanding practice” of following the U.S. government’s lead on such matters.

Feb 12, 2025 · President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, but why did he make that move?

Jan 21, 2025 · President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order demanding the body of water that runs along the United State’s Southeast Coast be renamed to the Gulf of America.

Jan 21, 2025 · President Trump signed an executive order on Monday requiring the federal government to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" on official maps – a change that...

Feb 10, 2025 · Trump flew in Air Force 1 over the Gulf on Sunday while attending the Super Bowl and declared the day as the "first-ever Gulf of America Day." Traveling with the president, Interior Secretary...

Jan 21, 2025 · 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.

Feb 11, 2025 · President Donald Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed the Gulf of America. Google has agreed to honor the name change, while Mexico is pushing back. Experts say the name...

Jan 7, 2025 · President-elect Donald Trump declared in a proposal out of left field on Tuesday that his administration will rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" in his latest attack on Mexico. "We're going to change because we do most of the work there and it's ours," Trump said.