An area of ‘low pressure moving across the Gulf of America … will bring widespread impactful winter weather,” the order states.

Florida has become the first state to officially refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," following President Donald Trump 's executive order directing federal agencies to adopt the new name. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used the term in an emergency declaration issued on Monday ahead of a forecast winter storm.

In a Monday state executive order warning Floridians of a fast-approaching winter storm, the governor referred to the Gulf of Mexico, as it has been referred to for at least 353 years, as the “Gulf of America.” The usage made Florida the first state to fall in line with Trump’s plans to rename the ocean basin.

President Donald Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico renamed, and Gov. DeSantis officially refers to it in a state document.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) referred to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in an executive order Monday addressing a winter weather weather system moving into parts of the Sunshine ...

GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday issued a weather warning involving the “Gulf of America,” making Florida the first state to officially call the Gulf of Mexico by its new name mandated by President Donald Trump, according to outlets.

Among the first executive orders signed by President Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."

President Trump's territorial assertions sparked a round of rethinking by mapmakers and teachers, snark on social media and sarcasm by at least one other world leader.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already embraced the change. He cited the new name in an executive order earlier this week attributing inclement winter weather to a “low pressure moving across the Gulf of America.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday on his first day in office that would propel a change in the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The order was one of dozens issued by the 47th president and one which would have an immediate impact on Fort Myers Beach