The U.S. Department of the Interior has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, following an executive order by President Donald Trump.

For nearly half a century, there’s been little thought about the name Congress gave to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council — until now. On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an order to rename the waterbody to the “Gulf of America” on federal agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications.

However, Trump's order only applies to the U.S. government's official position. Though headquartered in the U.S., corporations such as Google and Apple aren't beholden to the president's directive to rename the landmarks, raising questions as to whether they'll update their popular map services to reflect the government's stance.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba.

President Trump said he will sign executive orders to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley.

Crowd Cheers As Trump Touts Renaming Of Gulf Of Mexico To Gulf Of America’ At a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, President Trump spoke about his decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.