Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

AUSTIN - On the heels of President-elect Donald Trump's proposal of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” Governor Greg Abbott weighed in with h

President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

During his inauguration speech Monday, President Donald Trump repeated his promise to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. "A short time from now we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America," Trump said, during a description of his plans for his first actions as the 47th president.

Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.

President Donald Trump has been promising a flurry of executive action on Day 1, and even as he was being sworn in, there were executive orders already prepared for his signature.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on social media that if the Gulf of Mexico is renamed, it should be called the "Gulf of Texas."

A watering hole that became legendary thanks in part to its location overlooking the Gulf of Mexico is taking orders for “Gulf of America” T-shirts. Flora-Bama Lounge, Package & Oyster Bar is taking pre-orders for shirts that are all about “making the Gulf great again.” This follows an executive order filed Monday by President Donald Trump.

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of America’s tallest mountain be changed from Denali to Mount McKinley, and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed “The Gulf of America.”

Gulf of America” seems likely to become one of those phrases only Republicans use, joining “Democrat Party,” “job creators” and “death tax.”

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