Now GOOGLE caves to Trump & renames Gulf of America on Maps in latest victory for Don as tech giants line up behind him
Now GOOGLE caves to Trump & renames Gulf of America on Maps in latest victory for Don as tech giants line up behind him
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DONALD Trump has notched up yet another victory as now even Google has caved into his demands. Google Maps will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in line with Trump's wishes. Newly-inaugurated president Trump ordered the name change as part of a lengthy list of executive actions hours after taking office on January 20.
![[Map of the Gulf of Mexico showing the location of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000967288828.jpg?strip=all&w=900)
Now Google has revealed it will change the ocean basin's name once it is officially updated in the US Geographic Names System. The change will be visible in the US, but the name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps.
![[President Trump holding an executive order commuting sentences for January 6th offenses.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/president-donald-trump-holds-executive-965379144.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
It's yet another win for Trump after Colombia gave in and agreed to accept deported migrants. The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially also changed the name of the Alaskan peak Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, to Mount McKinley.
![[A woman presenting a 1661 world map highlighting the Americas.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/1661-world-map-showing-americas-962408987.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Google Maps, which is owned by Alphabet's Google, will make a similar change with Mount McKinley. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum earlier this month jokingly suggested North America, including the US, be renamed "Mexican America" - a historic name used on an early map of the region.
Bordered by the US Gulf coast, Mexico’s eastern states and Cuba - the Gulf is a key point for fishing, transport, oil and gas production. Earlier this month he claimed the name change would be acceptable "because we do most of the work there, and it’s ours".
