President Donald Trump has been promising a flurry of executive action on Day 1, and even as he was being sworn in, there were executive orders already prepared for his signature.
While the Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the Gulf of America, Mount Denali, the highest mountain in North America that was renamed by then President Barack Obama in 2015, will revert to its previous name,
The pledge to rename Denali was opposed by environmental groups and Alaskan politicians, including Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Part of Donald Trump’s long list of day one executive orders is a pair of controversial name changes. Trump is set to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” and revert Alaska’s Mt. Denali back to its previous name of Mount McKinley,
Trump said in his inaugural remarks that he would soon change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." He also said the name of the tallest peak in North America — Denali, in Alaska — would be changed back to its previous name, "Mount McKinley," to honor former President William McKinley.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) referred to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in an executive order on Monday addressing a winter weather weather system moving into parts of
During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump vowed to change the name of Denali in Alaska back to Mount McKinley.
And that’s not the only geographic name change Trump has in mind. He wants to rename the mountain in south-central Alaska now known as Mount Denali to “Mount McKinley.” The mountain was named after William McKinley, America’s 25th President, for decades. President Barack Obama changed the mountain’s name to “Mount Denali” in 2015.
The news broke shortly before he was sworn in Monday morning, and Trump confirmed it during his inaugural address. The order will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley, which was the official name recognized by the federal government from 1917 until 2015.
Hillary Clinton laughed when President Trump announced during his inauguration on Monday that he would be renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” “America will reclaim its rightful
Trump reportedly has plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali in his first day in office — but can he?