From Business Insider · Talia Lakritz · · 2m
Trump renames Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario and more
President Trump has signed executive orders renaming geographic features and reversed Biden-era military base name changes in his second term.
In brief
President Trump has signed executive orders renaming geographic features and reversed Biden-era military base name changes in his second term. Trump has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Lake Ontario to Lake America, and restored Mount McKinley as Denali's federal name, while also reversing nine Army…
Trump floats renaming the Atlantic
At a Mississippi rally on Monday, President Trump suggested renaming the Atlantic Ocean the American Ocean, saying he thinks Europe will be thrilled about the change.
January: Gulf and mountain renamed
On his first day back in office, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and restoring Denali to its former federal name, Mount McKinley.
Obama had renamed the mountain
President Barack Obama restored the mountain's Native Alaskan name Denali, meaning the high one in the Koyukon language, in two thousand fifteen.
Maps updated, AP resists
Google and Apple updated their maps to reflect the Gulf of America name. The Associated Press continued calling it the Gulf of Mexico, prompting the White House to bar AP from some press events.
Army bases restored to old names
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reversed nine Army base renamings from the Biden administration between February and June two thousand twenty-five, restoring names of Fort A.P.
August: Lake Ontario becomes Lake America
Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America amid rising tensions over a trade war with Canada, which had imposed retaliatory tariffs of up to fifty percent.
Canada rejects the renaming
Canadian officials said the lake is called Lake Ontario today and forever. Google Maps and Apple Maps show the new name to US users, but the change applies only to US federal use.
“This lake is called Lake Ontario, today and forever.”
Google CEO said no to ocean names
Trump said Google CEO Sundar Pichai told him no to changing ocean names on Google Maps because they touch a lot of countries.Trump said at a South Carolina rally he would not push the issue.
“Oceans are different, sir. They cover really a lot of countries. Please don't ask us to do that.”
The short version
Trump has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Lake Ontario to Lake America, and restored Mount McKinley as Denali's federal name, while also reversing nine Army base renamings from the Biden administration.
