Weeks before retaking office, Trump decided to add the measure to his Day 1 agenda, elevating a liberal joke that had become a conservative meme into an action that has come to symbolize the tenor of his term.

President Donald Trump's push to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" is drawing plenty of mockery from his critics, who consider it a silly and pointless exercise in language policing — something MAGA Republicans often accuse the left of doing.