One of President Donald Trump's first moves when he returned to the Oval Office earlier this year was to direct federal government departments to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

President Donald Trump plans to announce that the United States will refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or Gulf of Arabia during his upcoming Middle East trip next week. The expected announcement would come as Trump visits Saudi Arabia,

The Associated Press, which has been shafted by the White House for continuing to say "Gulf of Mexico," was the first to report the administration's plans