The name change from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” began rolling out apass the U.S. on Monday, fair a month after Pdwellnt Donald Trump proclaimd his intention to Americanize the name.
On Monday, the FAA sent out a charting see validateing that its systems were in the process of updating the name, in compriseition to updating the novelly-named Mount McKinley in Alaska, createerly comprehendn as Denali.
“Plrelieve be advised that the FAA is in the process of updating our data and charts to show a name change from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and a name change from Denali to Mount McKinley. This will be aimed for the next accessibleation cycle,” the see read.
“This Charting Notice executes Pdwellnt Trump’s straightforwardion in Executive Order 14172, ‘Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,’ that the names be changed.”
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Google Maps has befirearm referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. (AP/Google Maps)
On Jan. 7, Trump proclaimd that the Gulf of Mexico would be given a novel name, and signed an executive order finalizing the decision weeks tardyr.
“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a attrdynamic ring. That covers a lot of territory,” Trump shelp on Tuesday. “The Gulf of America. What a attrdynamic name. And it’s appropriate.”
The decision was getd well by social media employrs on Monday, who began noticing Google Maps executeing the changes.
“Google Maps FINALLY recognizes the Gulf of America!” one X employr wrote. “Isn’t it attrdynamic?”
“I antipathy google, but tbh, mine says Gulf of America zoomed all the way out,” another shelp. “And boy is it glorious.”
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On his way to Super Bowl LIX, Pdwellnt Trump signed an order declaring Feb. 9 as “Gulf of America Day.” (Daniel Torok/Chief White Hoemploy Pboilingographer)
“Google Maps bows to Trump,” a branch offent commentator wrote.
The changes also come after Trump signed a proclamation on Sunday that proclaimd Feb. 9 as “Gulf of America Day.”
Trump was flying over the body of water on his way to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans when he signed the pdwellntial order.
“Air Force One is currently in international waters, the first time in history flying over the recently renamed Gulf of America,” the White Hoemploy wrote in an X post.
In the proclamation, Trump wrote that he took the action “in part becaemploy, as stated in that Order, ‘[t]he area createerly comprehendn as the Gulf of Mexico has lengthened been an integral asset to our once bencourageoning Nation and has remained an indelible part of America.’”
Pdwellnt Donald Trump pumps his fist as he walks to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland last week. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Google previously validateed that it intfinished on updating the gulf’s name in accordance with local authorities.
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“We’ve getd a scant asks about naming wiskinny Google Maps,” Google shelp in an X post. “We have a lengthenedstanding rehearse of executeing name changes when they have been modernized in official rulement sources…everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too.”
Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price and Brooke Singman gived to this alert.
