Alaska’s US senators in 2017 vehemently opposed a prior suggestion by Mr Trump that the name Denali be changed back to Mount McKinley.

Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The federal government is formally implementing President Trump’s directive to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali. The Interior Department issued a press release saying that the “the Gulf

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

However, Trump's order only applies to the U.S. government's official position. Though headquartered in the U.S., corporations such as Google and Apple aren't beholden to the president's directive to rename the landmarks, raising questions as to whether they'll update their popular map services to reflect the government's stance.

Trump reversed protections for Alaskan wilderness, opening up the state to more oil and gas development and logging on federal lands.

The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack Obama’s administration ordered that the mountain be renamed as Denali in 2015.

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he'd

Trump signed the executive order, thus reversing the Biden-era decision that restricted oil and gas extraction within the state.

The Associated Press has weighed in on how it will respond to President Donald Trump’s executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the name of Alaska’s Denali back to Mount McKinley.

Gulf of America is out, but Mount McKinley is in. The Associated Press announced Thursday that it would stick to using Gulf of Mexico despite President Donald Trump’s order renaming the waterway to the Gulf of America.