The Trump administration has officially implemented name changes for Alaska’s Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico, as requested by the new president.

The Interior Department announced Friday that the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America and North America’s highest peak will once again bear the name Mount McKinley to “honor the legacy of American greatness.”

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      You’re probably right about it just being petty, but…

      President McKinley also annexed territory (Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, Cuba, etc.), implemented insane tariffs, and pushed to keep the US on the gold standard.

      Looks like Jackson isn’t the only president that Trump idolizes.

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          Well, true. I wasn’t exactly implying that Trump was reading a history book and learned all about McKinley. More like he said, “we should be strong and take land that we want and undo everything Obama and Biden did and tax our enemies and have gold everything,” and someone replied, “oh, sounds like McKinley.” To which Trump replies, “Obama renamed a great president?”

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      But the Republican Congress members of Alaska wanted it. They are against the change back from quotes I have seen.

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        Yep. But Trump doesn’t care about that, he just cares about removing a piece of Obama’s legacy.

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      Should we start calling it the Gulf of Obama in protest then?