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President-elect Trump will sign executive orders renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali on his first day in office, incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Monday.
The orders, first reported by the New York Post, are among a multitude of executive actions Trump plans to take the oath of office on Monday. The actions would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Mount Denali, the highest mountain in North America, to Mount McKinley.
“President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American civilization,” reads a preview of the order obtained by the Post.
The orders direct the Home Secretary to make name changes. The changes will apply to official federal documents and maps, though 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” the “Gulf of America.” (Evan Vucci/AP)
Trump has it he also repeatedly mentioned renaming Alaska’s Mount Denali, noting that it was originally named after President William McKinley.
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“McKinley was a very good president, maybe a great one,” Trump said at a rally in December. “They took his name off Mount McKinley, didn’t they? That’s what they do to people. Now, he was a great president, a very good president. At the very least, he was a very good businessman. He was a businessman, then a governor. a very successful businessman.”
View of Mount Denali in Denali National Park in Alaska. (Lance King/Getty Images)
President Obama renamed the mountain Denali in 2015, following a request from the Alaska legislature.
Trump plans to sign roughly 200 orders on his first day in office, targeting immigration and scaling back DEI initiatives.
Incoming Trump administration officials told Fox News Digital that the overarching theme of their first-day actions is “promises made, promises kept.”
Tropical Storm Arlene is moving into the Gulf of Mexico, which Trump wants to rename the Gulf of America. (NOAA via AP)
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“As soon as President Trump puts his hand to the Bible and takes the oath to the United States Constitution, the Golden Age of America will begin,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. on Fox News Digital. “The American people will have a leader who will keep the promises he made to restore our country to greatness.”
Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
