President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Florida has become the first state to officially refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," following President Donald Trump 's executive order directing federal agencies to adopt the new name. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used the term in an emergency declaration issued on Monday ahead of a forecast winter storm.

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will everyone call it that?

President Trump said he will sign executive orders to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley.

Just a few hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing federal officials to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” Florida has already implemented the change.

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.

In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name

Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president, The Post has learned.

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued 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.”

An area of low pressure moving across the Gulf of America, interacting with Arctic air, will bring widespread impactful winter weather to North Florida’ an official Florida weather warning read

President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America.' The executive order requires all federal maps, databases, and documents to change the name of the Gulf within 30 days.