What frikin' Bullshit, Utterly deplorable:
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump ordered that the federal government revert the name of Denali, a mountain in Alaska, to Mount McKinley and change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
“As directed by the President, the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America and North America’s highest peak will once again bear the name Mount McKinley. These changes reaffirm the Nation’s commitment to preserving the extraordinary heritage of the United States and ensuring that future generations of Americans celebrate the legacy of its heroes and historic assets,” an Interior Department statement said. “The U.S. Board on Geographic Names, under the purview of the Department of the Interior, is working expeditiously to update the official federal nomenclature in the Geographic Names Information System to reflect these changes, effective immediately for federal use.”
The Interior Department asserted that changing the name of the gulf “affirms its central importance to the Nation” and reverting Denali’s name to Mount McKinley “is a meaningful recognition of President [William] McKinley’s enduring legacy.”
Although the federal government can change what geographic names the United States recognizes, it doesn’t necessarily mean that other countries will recognize those new names.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump ordered that the federal government revert the name of Denali, a mountain in Alaska, to Mount McKinley and change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
“As directed by the President, the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America and North America’s highest peak will once again bear the name Mount McKinley. These changes reaffirm the Nation’s commitment to preserving the extraordinary heritage of the United States and ensuring that future generations of Americans celebrate the legacy of its heroes and historic assets,” an Interior Department statement said. “The U.S. Board on Geographic Names, under the purview of the Department of the Interior, is working expeditiously to update the official federal nomenclature in the Geographic Names Information System to reflect these changes, effective immediately for federal use.”
The Interior Department asserted that changing the name of the gulf “affirms its central importance to the Nation” and reverting Denali’s name to Mount McKinley “is a meaningful recognition of President [William] McKinley’s enduring legacy.”
Although the federal government can change what geographic names the United States recognizes, it doesn’t necessarily mean that other countries will recognize those new names.
