During his inauguration speech Monday, President Donald Trump repeated his promise to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. "A short time from now we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America," Trump said, during a description of his plans for his first actions as the 47th president.

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Here's the history of the naming of the Gulf of Mexico, plus the people who wanted to change the name to Gulf of America — it's not just Donald Trump.

For decades, history books and maps have labeled the big body of water that sits off the coast of the southern United States and Mexico as the Gulf of Mexico.

Donald Trump will sign an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, incoming press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, Monday morning. The executive order will direct the secretary of the interior to change the name to "Gulf of America” for use on official maps and throughout the federal government,

A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.” It’s his latest suggestion to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere. Trump has repeatedly referred to Canada as the “51st State,