Understanding Trump’s initial executive orders as he changes the name of the Gulf of Mexico

Donald Trump is signing approximately 200 executive orders on Monday in a massive crackdown on Day One of his second term.

The executive orders address a wide array of topics, including immigration, gender identity, and the regulation of water flow from shower heads.

During his inaugural address at the Capitol Rotunda, Trump expressed his intention to sign a series of significant executive orders that he believes will contribute to the restoration of America and the promotion of common sense.

Among the notable proposals is the idea to rename or revert landmarks and bodies of water adjacent to the U.S., such as the proposed renaming of the body of water as the ‘Gulf of America’.

And 10 of his orders crack down on illegal immigration and the southern border crisis.

Trump is also targeting more ‘woke’ social policies enacted by his predecessor, including getting rid of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices and declaring that there are only two genders.

Trump’s second term will undoubtedly be filled with future-altering actions.

DailyMail.com breaks down some of Trump’s biggest Day One executive actions and how they will affect Americans and the world.

Renaming the Gulf of Mexico

Trump shocked earlier this month when during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago he suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

‘We’ll be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring,’ Trump told reporters in Florida.

‘That covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. It is appropriate,’ he insisted.

This was met with the ire of Mexican politicians, including their president.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hit back at Trump’s plan by last week unveiling a map dating back to the 1600s that showed an early designation of North America with the title ‘America Mexicana’ in giant letters.

‘Mexican America, that sounds nice, no?’ she said sarcastically, pointing to a massive image of the old map behind her. ‘He talked about name, we too are talking about the name.’

Saving TikTok in America

Trump vowed that he would keep TikTok working in the U.S. – even after the Supreme Court ruled last week that it could not operate in the country.

The Republican said that TikTok helped him win the young vote in his 2024 campaign and in turn would work to make sure that the Chinese social media would be permitted to continue working in the U.S.

Trump’s order extends the time period for when the law prohibiting TikTok’s U.S. operations takes effect so he can work towards a deal to protect national security from Beijing.

Many lawmakers oppose TikTok because of its links to the Chinese Communist Party and claims it is using the app to spy on Americans.

Congress wants TikTok to be forced to sell at least a majority of it’s business to a U.S. – or a non Chinese – entity.

Recognition of ‘only two sexes’

Trump is declaring that the federal government will only recognize two sexes – male and female.

It comes amid a social push for there to be expanded genders included on official documentations and after Biden enacted protections for transgender people.

Biden’s State Department has allowed since 2022 for people to select a third gender, labeled X, on their passports. They did not require Americans to provide medical documentation to be able to choose this option. 

Now, the State Department, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies are tasked with enforcing the directive that will apply only male or female to passports, visas and other government documents.

A White House official says the order is about ‘restoring sanity.’

Halting foreign aid to target DEI

Trump is also putting a stop to all issuance of new foreign aid.

Two senior White House officials confirmed to DailyMail.com the order targets all foreign aid that doesn’t fit within the U.S. strategic goals.

The aim is to crackdown on spending outside U.S. interests and prevent American taxpayer funds from working against them or promoting ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ agendas.

The order is likely to immediately halt the distribution of U.S. money from going to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which distributes aid in Gaza and is accused of close ties to the terror group Hamas .

The UN admitted that nine of UNRWA staff may have been involved in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

‘The United States and American citizens have been some of the most generous people in the entire world,’ an incoming White House policy adviser told DailyMail.com.

‘But at this point, we have to understand that foreign policy is domestic policy, and if this is not aligned with our interests, then Uncle Sam should not be opening up his pocketbook any longer.’

Birthright citizenship

Trump is ending birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.

This means anyone born on U.S. soil, but whose parents are undocumented aliens will no longer be a de facto citizen of the United States of America. 

Advocates for asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants claim this is against the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which created the unique birthright citizenship rule for anyone born in the U.S. 

Military mobilization at the southern border

Trump is also directing the Department of Defense to send troops to assist with securing America’s borders.

Trump has vowed the largest deportation effort in U.S. history and has claimed he will use the military if needed to wrangle illegal immigrants and kick them out of the country.

A White House official told reporters on a call Monday that the military will not be immediately used within the country, but only at its borders.

Rather the Department of Homeland Security will create task forces to work with local and state law enforcement to identify, detain and deport these illegal aliens.

Other immigration orders

Ten of Trump’s executive orders on Day One relate to the southern border and illegal immigration crisis.

The number of immediate actions underscore the importance of immigration policy to Trump’s second term.

He is declaring a national emergency at the southern border.

‘All illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will being the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came,’ Trump noted in his Monday address.

Trump is also ending catch-and-release, a policy that allowed illegal border crossers seeking asylum to be detained and then released within the country as they awaited a court date.

He is reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy that makes illegal border hoppers wait in the last country where they crossed from, which is most often Mexico, as they wait for a court date to make their asylum claims.

And Trump is requiring that his promised and famed southern border wall is finally completed.

Trump is designating cartels as terrorist organizations, which will change the way that they are handled when it comes to foreign affairs and defense regarding attacks by these cartel members.

This is in response to the dramatic uptick in drug and human trafficking at the southern border during Biden’s term. 

Shower head water flow

Trump’s gush of executive orders includes cracking down on conservation regulations.

The ‘Unleashing American Energy’ order seeks to roll back regulations that conservatives slam for limiting water usage in dishwashers and showers.

Trump has complained about water pressure issues for years – including at a January press conference at Mar-a-Lago.

‘When you buy a faucet, no water comes out. Even in areas with so much water you don’t know what to do. It’s called rain. It comes down from heaven. And they want to do – no water comes out of the shower. It goes drip, drip, drip … So what happens? You’re in the shower ten times as long.’

The order will end efforts to ‘curtail consumer choice’ relating to dishwashers, gas stoves, and shower heads, the White House previewed before the order.

Federal regulations set a maximum flow rate of 2.5 gallons per minute for shower heads.

Electric Vehicle regulation

Trump previously floated ending Biden’s electric vehicle mandate, which could potentially hurt ‘First Buddy’ Elon Musk and his EV company Tesla.

But this is one of the initiatives congressional Republicans would rather pass in the Trump bills later this year.

On Monday, however, he confirmed going forward with the order.

‘We will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry and keeping my sacred pledge to our great American auto workers,’ Trump said in his address.

‘In other words, you’ll be able to buy the car of your choice,’ he added. ‘We will build automobiles in America again at a rate that nobody could have dreamt possible just a few years ago.’

‘And thank you to the auto workers of our nation for your inspiring vote of confidence. We did tremendously with their vote.’

National Energy Emergency declaration

Trump is declaring on day one another national emergency, this time focusing on the ‘energy emergency.’

‘We will drill baby drill,’ he said of initiatives to use more domestic energy resources.

The president will withdraw the U.S. from the Pari-sClimate Accords and end the so-called Green New Deal.

Revert name of tallest U.S. mountain

Trump is ordering that Alaska’s Denali mountain go by its original moniker Mount McKinley.

Then-President Barack Obama changed the official name in 2015 to one that was more in-line with the preference of Alaska Natives and residents as the previous name was thought to be disrespectful of the aboriginal community living there.

Denali means ‘the high one’ or ‘the great one’ – an apt name for the tallest mountain on U.S. soil.

In 1896 a prospector named the mountain Mount McKinley, after President William McKinley – even though he had never been to Alaska or summited the peak – and it was recognized as such until Obama’s 2015 change.

Trump suggested a year later that he would undo Obama’s action but stopped suggesting it over opposition from Alaska lawmakers.

But last month at a rally in Phoenix, Trump reraised the topic.

‘McKinley was a very good, maybe a great president,’ Trump said Sunday. ‘They took his name off Mount McKinley, right? That’s what they do to people.’

McKinley was a Republican from Ohio who served as the 25th president and was assassinated early in his second term in 1901 in Buffalo, New York.

Alaska and Ohio have been at odds over the name since at least the 1970s.

Trump said during his inaugural address on Monday that he will be changing the name back.

Establishment of External Revenue Service

Trump is creating a complimentary agency to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to deal with external taxes and tariffs.

Like the IRS, the External Revenue Service (ERS) will collect and uphold laws related to taxes on foreign countries.

It comes after Trump said in November that he will impose a 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico. He also wants to put an additional 10 percent tax on goods from China – on top of other existing tariffs.

‘I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families,’ Trump said during his speech at the Capitol on Monday. ‘Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.’

Trump went on: ‘For this purpose, we are establishing the External Revenue Service to collect all tariffs, duties and revenues.’

‘It will be massive amounts of money pouring into our Treasury – coming from foreign sources,’ he concluded. ‘The American dream will soon be back and thriving like never before.’