The name change from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” began to unfold across the United States on Monday, just a month after President Donald Trump announced his intention to Americanize the name.
On Monday, the FAA sent a charting notification to confirm that the system is updating its name, in addition to updating Alaska's newly-named Mount McKinley, formerly known as Denali. .
“Please advise that the FAA is in the process of updating data and charts to show the name change from the Gulf of Mexico to the US Gulf and the name change from Denali to Mount McKinley, which will be published in the next publication. Targeting objects cycles, “Notices have been read.
“This chart notice implements President Trump's direction in Executive Order 14172, “restoring the name honouring America's greatness and 'name will be changed.” ”
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Google Maps is beginning to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. (AP/Google Maps)
On January 7th, Trump announced that the Gulf of Mexico would be given a new name and signed an executive order that finalizes the decision a few weeks later.
“We're going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the US Gulf. This has a beautiful ring. It covers a lot of territory,” Trump said Tuesday. “American Bay. What a beautiful name. That's appropriate.”
The decision was often received by social media users on Monday, and the changes began to notice Google Maps implementing the changes.
“Google Maps finally recognize the US Gulf!” wrote one X user. “Isn't it beautiful?”
“I hate Google, but TBH, my bay says the US Bay has zoomed all the way,” another said. “And the boy is brilliant.”
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On his way to Super Bowl LIX, President Trump signed an order declaring February 9th “American Gulf Day.” (Daniel Trock/White House Chief Photographer)
“Google maps the bow to the cards,” another commentator wrote.
The change comes after Trump signed a declaration on Sunday declaring February 9th as “American Gulf Day.”
Trump was flying through the waters on his way to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans when he signed the Presidential Order.
“Air Force 1 is currently located in the first international waters in history flying through the recently renamed US Gulf,” the White House wrote in the X-Post.
In his declaration, Trump wrote, “part as stated in that order.”[t]Formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico, he has long been an integral asset and an indelible part of America for a once-growing country. ”
President Donald Trump will pump his fist to board the Air Force at Andrews' joint base in Maryland last week. (Robert Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
Google previously confirmed that it intended to update the Gulf name according to local governments.
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“I received some questions about naming within Google Maps.” Google I said in X's post. “There's a long-standing practice of applying name changes when updated with official government sources. Everyone in the world sees both names. That's true here too.”
Stepheny Price and Brooke Singman of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
