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Trump Orders to Rename Gulf of Mexico into Gulf of America

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered renaming the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf of America, according to an executive order published by the White House.

"Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall... take all appropriate actions to rename as the "Gulf of America" the U.S. Continental Shelf area bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and extending to the seaward boundary with Mexico and Cuba in the area formerly named as the Gulf of Mexico," the order read.

The secretary will also have to remove all references to the Gulf of Mexico in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database to reflect the change.

Pardoning Capitol Rioters

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to pardon approximately 1,500 people who took part in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

The order was the first one Trump signed upon arrival at the White House as the 47th President of the United States.

More than 1,570 defendants have been federally charged with crimes related to the January 6 attack, when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to prevent the certification of Vice President Joe Biden's victory.

Plans to Rebuild US Military

US President Donald Trump has said he is planning to rebuild the US military, as he did during his first presidential term.

"We totally rebuilt the United States military in 2017-2019 … now, we are going to do it again," Trump said during the inaugural ball.

He also added that the US military will be so strong "that we don't have to use it."

Withdrawing from the World Health Organization

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO).

The president criticized the organization's funding policies, namely the fact that the US is being demanded to pay more than China, whose population is bigger.

In May 2020, Trump, during his first presidential term, announced that the country would withdraw from the WHO following his criticism of the organization's coronavirus response.

His successor, Joe Biden, retracted Trump's decision on his first day in office.

Foreign Aid Suspension

Trump has signed an executive order to suspend foreign development aid for 90 days to assess these programs' compliance with the US foreign policy.

"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered ... (a) 90-day pause in United States foreign development assistance for assessment of programmatic efficiencies and consistency with United States foreign policy," the order said, as quoted by the White House.

Declaration of Emergency

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to declare a national emergency at the country’s southern border.

"This is a proclamation declaring a national emergency at the southern border of the United States," an announcer said during a ceremony.

On Monday, Fox News reported that Trump would sign 11 executive orders to deploy the military to the southern border, immediately resume construction of the border wall and direct federal agencies to reinstate the Remain-in-Mexico policy, among other things.