Florida's governor appeared to take President Donald Trump's cue and reference the "Gulf of America" in his latest executive order.

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued this week hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of America’s tallest mountain be changed from Denali to Mount McKinley, and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed “The Gulf of America.

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

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.

The potential name change is more likely to spread confusion than awe —  especially if the same body of water is called different names by different countries.

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

Fla., instructed mainstream media to stop politicizing the Los Angeles-area wildfires in their coverage of the disaster.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba

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.

The U.S. Coast Guard started using the term “Gulf of America” to refer to the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, one day after President Trump signed an executive order setting in motion the process to change its U.

For the last six years, Gov. Ron DeSantis has been used to getting his way with the state Legislature, at times slashing the priorities of Republican leaders and calling them back to Tallahassee to pass bills that boost his political profile.