The Associated Press has weighed in on how it will respond to President Donald Trump’s executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the name of Alaska’s Denali back to Mount McKinley.

President-elect Donald Trump said in his inaugural address that he plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico and the Denali peak in Alaska. The Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the Gulf of America, and Denali,

In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name

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

Oklahoma public schools will be among the first to adopt President Trump's new names for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali, America's highest mountain

President Donald Trump signs an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Denali to Mount McKinley, honoring U.S. heritage and history.

While a name change for the Gulf of Mexico could be applied for federal references, other nations have no obligation to follow suit.

President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert to its former name, Mount McKinley.

Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The process in each state is different.

How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not simple or quick, as President Trump is about to find out.

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The state’s senators prefer the Native name.