President Trump introduced that Sunday was the primary ever “Gulf of America Day,” following an govt order that set in movement the method of fixing the identify of the Gulf of Mexico.
The president signed a proclamation on Sunday and had the flight crew announce that Air Drive One was passing over the newly renamed gulf when it flew from Palm Seaside, Fla., to New Orleans. Trump made the journey on Sunday to attend the Tremendous Bowl.
The proclamation declares “February 9, 2025, as Gulf of America Day,” including, “I name upon public officers and all of the individuals of the United States to look at at the present time with applicable applications, ceremonies, and actions.”
Trump signed an executive order on Inauguration Day, giving the Division of the Inside 30 days to take “all applicable motion” wanted to facilitate the identify change. He pledged to rename the Gulf of Mexico throughout his inaugural tackle, resurfacing a proposal he floated during a wide-ranging press convention through the transition.
Simply after Trump signed the manager order, the U.S. Coast Guard started using the term Gulf of America, marking the U.S. authorities’s first official use of the time period.
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