DeSantis Uses 'Gulf of America' in Storm Statement

Florida became the first state to officially call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing federal agencies to refer to it by its new name.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, while issuing an emergency declaration Monday before a winter storm forecast to hit the northern part of the state, referred to the gulf by the new name, saying that an "area of low pressure moving across the Gulf of America" will interact with Arctic air to bring freezing rain and snow to the state, Newsweek reported Tuesday.