Incoming White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt confirmed on Monday that President-elect Trump will sign an executive order on his first day in office to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali Mountain.
The orders, first reported by the New York Post, are among a series of executive actions Trump plans to take after he is sworn in on Monday. The actions would rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, be renamed Mount McKinley.
“President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American civilization,” a preview of the order obtained by The Washington Post reads.
The order directs the interior secretary to change the name. The changes will apply to official federal documents and maps, but it’s unclear whether the order also requires schools to use the new terminology.
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President-elect Trump plans to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” (Evan Vucci/AP)
Trump has also repeatedly mentioned renaming Alaska’s Denali Mountain, noting that it was originally named after President William McKinley.
Trump declares Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”
“McKinley was a very good president, maybe a great president,” Trump said at a December rally. “They took his name off Mount McKinley, right? That’s what they did to people. Now, he’s a great president, a very good president. At least, he’s a very good one. merchant.
View of Mount Denali in Denali National Park, Alaska. (Lanskin/Getty Images)
In 2015, President Obama renamed the mountain Denali at the request of the Alaska Legislature.
Trump plans to sign about 200 orders on his first day in office targeting immigration and cutting DEI initiatives.
Incoming Trump administration officials told Fox News Digital that the overarching theme of his first day of action will be “promises made, promises delivered.”
Tropical Storm Arlene enters the Gulf of Mexico, which Trump wants to rename as the Gulf of America. (NOAA, AP)
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“Once President Trump puts his hand on the Bible and swears an oath to the Constitution of the United States, America’s golden age will begin,” White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt told Fox News Digital. “The American people will have a leader who will He will deliver on the promises he made to restore our country’s greatness.”
Fox News’ Brooke Singleman contributed to this report.
