The Gulf of Mexico became the center of a geographical naming dispute in the United States when U.S. president Donald Trump issued an executive order directing U.S. federal agencies to call it the "Gulf of America".Issued on the day of his inauguration (January 20, 2025), the executive order only requires the U.S. executive branch to use this nomenclature, although major online map platforms and some U.S.-based media outlets have voluntarily made the change. , polling shows the majority of Americans oppose renaming the Gulf of Mexico. - Source: Wikipedia
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