Google Maps will soon rename the "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" and Denali to "Mount McKinley" in compliance with Trump's order.
Google faced blowback on social media Monday after it announced it would comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order on its Google Maps service, renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” and reverting to referring to Alaska’s Denali as Mount McKinley.
Google Maps users in the U.S. can expect to see “the Gulf of America” in place of “the Gulf of Mexico” and “Mount McKinley” instead of “Denali” on the map, in line with President Donald Trump’s executive order of last week.
On his first day in office, Trump issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali, stating that the “naming of our national treasures, including breathtaking natural wonders and historic works of art, should honor the contributions of visionary and patriotic Americans in our Nation’s rich past.”
Google is capitulating to Donald Trump and will show US Google Map users the Gulf of America on maps after Trump signed an executive order.
The tech giant revealed the reasons behind the proposed changes on social media after receiving questions from users.
Donald Trump’s new names for Alaska’s Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico will soon be realized in Google Maps. The massive, multinational corporation announced Monday that it would bend to an ...
It is the firm's "longstanding practice" to observe updates from official sources - in this case requested by Donald Trump.
Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday mocked Google ’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” on its Google Maps service, in compliance with President Donald Trump ’s executive order. The online platform’s move has drawn condemnation from Trump critics who suggest the company is pandering to him.
Google said it would rename the body of water to “Gulf of America” after it is updated in the U.S. government system in response to Trump’s executive order.
While Trump's order alters the U.S. government's official position regarding the Gulf of Mexico and Denali's names, it does not specifically direct companies to follow suit. Even so, Google confirmed that its Maps app will be renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Denali in an X post on Monday.