The early skirmishes over global landmarks are nothing compared to the fights over renaming public projects after President Donald Trump himself.
Following President Trump’s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, at least in the United States, Mexicans and Cubans expressed annoyance, defiance, confusion and even amusement.
Renaming it the Gulf of America would apply only in the US. And the long global history of disputed place names suggests it could be a brief experiment anyway.
The UK will continue to call the body of water the Gulf of Mexico unless DonaldTrump’s plan to rename it catches on in English-speaking countries
If you said “introduce a resolution to require the state to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America in official state documents,” congratulations, you’re as thirsty for approval as Rep. Aaron Pilkington (R-Knoxville)!
Google will show Gulf of Mexico as "Gulf of America" and Alaska's Denali as "Mount McKinley" in the United States once the U.S. government has officially updated to the U.S. Geographic Names Information System.
From the column: "Some Hermantown residents live on Truman Drive ... or McKinley Drive, while Duluth residents enjoy Lincoln Park. There are remembrances of presidents everywhere."
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebuked Google’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps in a Wednesday press conference. After President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in all government references,
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has slipped as a wave of early executive actions—ranging from restricting birthright citizenship to renaming the Gulf of Mexico—has drawn criticism from the public,
A Reuters/Ipsos poll done earlier this week found that 45% of Americans approve of Trump’s performance as president, down slightly from the 47% seen in a Jan. 20-21 survey. The most recent poll showed that 46% of respondents disapprove of Trump’s performance, an increase from 39% in the prior poll.
A move to have Arkansas recognize the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America has died in committee Wednesday morning.