Donald Trump name changes from the Gulf of America to Fort Bragg
Donald Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and other landmarks suggests his greater vision for America
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Now, he is attempting his boldest branding campaign yet: America itself.
On his first day back in office, he signed an order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Denali, the indigenous name for the famed Alaskan peak, will revert back to Mount McKinley, a reference to the assassinated 19th century president.
Fort Bragg, which was named for a Confederate general until the military changed it to Fort Liberty, will again bear its original name – but this time attributed to a far less controversial soldier from World War Two.
Trump is not the first US president to rename a monument. It was Barack Obama, a Democrat, who renamed Mount McKinley to its Native American name, Denali, after years of lobbying from Alaskans.
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