Gulf of Mexico naming controversy

The Gulf of Mexico became the center of a geographical naming dispute in the United States when U.S. president Donald Trump issued an executive order directing U.S. federal agencies to refer to it as the "Gulf of America." Issued on the day of his second inauguration (January 20, 2025), the executive order only requires the U.S. executive branch to use this nomenclature, although major online map platforms and some U.S.-based media outlets have voluntarily made the change. A February 2025 poll by Marquette University found that, among 1,018 respondents across the U.S., 71% opposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico and 29% supported the name change.

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