Donald Trump wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico shortly after being sworn in as US President. Trump will also order the renaming of North America’s highest mountain, Denali, he said in his inaugural speech.
According to the Associated Press, a Trump confidant said that Trump would first address several executive orders against immigration. The right to citizenship by birth should also be abolished.
Trump’s spokeswoman linked to an article in the “New York Post” with details about his name change plans: According to this, the Gulf of Mexico will in future be called the “Gulf of America” and Mount Denali will be called Mount McKinley again. It is unclear whether he has negotiated this with the other two bordering states, Cuba and Mexico. If not, diplomatic wrangling is likely to follow.
The mountain was officially renamed under Trump’s predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama, at the request of the state of Alaska after years of dispute. The name change was a sign of cultural sensitivity toward Alaska’s indigenous population, for whom the mountain has had special meaning for centuries. In 1896, a prospector named the mountain McKinley to support then-presidential candidate William McKinley, who became president the following year.
Trump is expected to start his term with a series of executive orders that will overhaul immigration policy. Access to asylum will be temporarily ended and the right to citizenship by birth will be abolished, an employee of the future government told the AP news agency on Monday. In addition, troops would be sent to the southern border with Mexico.
-However, it was unclear how Trump planned to implement the abolition of automatic citizenship for everyone born in the country. Like other decrees, the plan is likely to be immediately challenged in court. Trump promised tough action against immigrants during his election campaign and has reiterated this course since his election victory in November.
The right to citizenship by birth, known as birthright citizenship, means that anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen. This rule has existed for more than a century and also applies to children of people who are in the country illegally or who came to the United States on a tourist or student visa and plan to return to their home country. Any attempt to abolish this regulation will certainly be challenged in court.
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