Can Trump Just Order New Names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico?
The board voted to change the name and took its request to the county commissioners. When the county agreed, the request was then sent to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which made it official for Minnesota. Then, the state of Minnesota sent the request to the Board on Geographic Names, which made it official for the entire U.S.
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While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.
Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.
President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in an executive order signed on his first day in office. He also change the name of Denali, a mountain in Alaska, ...
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