Donald Trump faces a major problem after renaming the Gulf of Mexico

Donald Trump has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico in one of his first acts as the 47th President of the United States.

But that is only the start of things for the former reality television star when it comes to the massive body of water that sits between the USA, Mexico, and Cuba.

Speaking about his plans during his inauguration speech, those watching from the comfort of their own homes couldn't help but notice his former political rival Hillary Clinton being left in stitches when he brought up the matter.

Now, Trump renaming it leaves him with a pretty large problem; one he is almost powerless to fix. That can't go down well in MAGA land.

The Gulf of Mexico renamed

For more than 400 years the Gulf of Mexico has been known as just that. Sitting south of Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi in the United States, Mexico loops around its west and south sides.

Cuba then sits in the mouth of the Gulf, with ships able to pass north and south of the island nation.

Now, the four century long history of the body of water has been trashed through one of President Trump's executive orders, signed in the day after being sworn back in to office after four years away.

"President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American Civilization,” the executive order said.

"The area formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico has long been an integral asset to our once burgeoning Nation and has remained an indelible part of America."

The Gulf of Mexico (Getty Stock Images)

Recognition of Trump's change?

In the USA, the US Coast Guard and the state of Florida have already began referring to the body of water as the Gulf of America.

Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, cited the new name a piece of legislation regarding weather in the area.

Officially, the United States Secretary of the Interior will be required to 'take all appropriate action' to rename the 617,800 square mile area within 30 days of President Trump's order being signed off.

That means officially changing Mexico to America in all official government systems and bodies that are run by the state.

He does as he pleases (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

It's an international 'no'

The UK, which has endured a frosty relationship with Trump under Sir Keir Starmer's leadership, has reportedly confirmed it will not start calling the area the Gulf of America.

The Telegraph reports that the name will not change on official maps in Britain until the new term became the most commonly used name for the area in the English language.

A government source said the gulf’s name 'cannot be universally changed by a single country'.

Pressure is now growing from leading Republicans for the likes of Google and Apple to change the name on its Maps apps.

Claudia Sheinbaum, the Mexican president, said on the matter: "For us, it is still the Gulf of Mexico, and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of Mexico.

It is not the only thing President Trump has renamed in his executive orders. Up in Alaska, he renamed the Delani mountain to Mount McKinley, in recognition of former President William McKinley.

This had been its name prior to 2015 when then President Barack Obama renamed it Delani in recognition of what the indigenous Koyukon people of the area around the mountain call it.

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