How Trump Put ‘Gulf of America’ on the Map
US users of Google and Apple maps will now see Trump’s preferred name for the body of water that the country shares with Mexico.
An updated Google map shows the Gulf of America on February 10, 2025 in San Anselmo, California.
Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North AmericaIn November, we folded our sister newsletter MapLab into CityLab Daily, but we’d promised to bring you occasional editions. Today’s MapLab comes from CityLab reporter Linda Poon.
Hate it or love it, many visitors to both Google Maps and Apple Maps in the US this week will find that something has changed: What was previously labeled the Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America, in line with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump to rename the body of water.