President Donald Trump has officially declared February 9, 2025, as 'Gulf of America Day' to mark the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Names are tricky things. What was the federal holiday at the start of this week? Most people say “Presidents Day,” but there is no such animal. The real name is “George Washington’s

For the first time, President Trump himself said the Associated Press had to change its style on the gulf after the White House began not allowing the news organization to cover several of his events last week.

The AP says in its stylebook that the Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years. As a global news agency, the AP says it will refer to the gulf by its original