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

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued this week 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 Trump said in his inaugural remarks that he would soon change the name of two natural landmarks: the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" and Mount Denali in Alaska back to its former official name, "Mount McKinley."

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on Monday, making good on a campaign promise. "As directed by the President, the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America and North America's highest peak will once again bear the name Mount McKinley,

The Trump administration's Interior Department officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Alaska's Denali peak to Mount McKinley. These changes were directed by President Trump as part of his executive actions post-inauguration.

President Donald Trump drew a mixed frenzy of eyebrow raises and excitement when he made a bold promise to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” in early January. He doubled-down on the promise during his inauguration speech this week,

In line with a recent executive order by President Donald Trump, changes are already being announced in the United States. The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed the Gulf of America. In the United States,