When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.

The change will only be visible to U.S. users. Those in Mexico will still see “Gulf of Mexico,” while those in the rest of the world will see both names on the map.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said Google was wrong to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico on its Google Maps platform after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered it to be renamed the “Gulf of America.

President Donald Trump found time during his busy inauguration day to issue a dizzying number of executive orders and begin reshaping the federal government to fulfill his promises to supporters. One of those was changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named "Gulf of America." "President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American civilization," the newly inaugurated president's executive order said.

President Donald Trump ordered the water body to be renamed the Gulf of America. He can, but the current name is all over the place.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America — that he can call it whatever he likes as long as its his country's territory.

Google Maps said that it will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its maps app, saying that the change will take place when it has been updated in official government sources. Google also will change the name of Denali,

Google said users in the US will see the body of water known as the Gulf of Mexico renamed as the Gulf of America.

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