TALLAHASSEE — After President Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued about this week's winter storm, DeSantis referred to an "area ...

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

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.

Google Maps said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System.

An area of ‘low pressure moving across the Gulf of America … will bring widespread impactful winter weather,” the order states.

President Donald Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico renamed, and Gov. DeSantis officially refers to it in a state document.

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.

GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday issued a weather warning involving the “Gulf of America,” making Florida the first state to officially call the Gulf of Mexico by its new name mandated by President Donald Trump, according to outlets.

On President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day, Governor Ron DeSantis made Florida the first state to reference the "Gulf of America" in an executive order when he issued a state of emergency due to cold weather.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is seen in an overflow room for President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration ceremony in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20. Abaca Press ...

On the same day President Donald Trump announced a plan to formally change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," one fellow Republican took the cue in a winter weather emergency ...