Can Republicans actually change the name of the Gulf of Mexico?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : He added that he believes the new name has "a beautiful ring" to it, adding that as far as he's concerned, rebranding the body of water would be "appropriate."By all appearances, Trump was quite serious about this and gave no indication that he was kidding.
38% : It's unclear just how much of an effort Trump will invest in renaming the Gulf of Mexico, but a related question hangs overhead: Is this even possible?Donald Trump made news on multiple fronts during his latest Mar-a-Lago press conference, but arguably the strangest development was the president-elect's announcement about the Gulf of Mexico.
30% : In other words, Republicans such as Trump and Greene might like the idea of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico, but that doesn't necessarily mean there will be any serious follow-through.
19% : After all, Trump, who has a notoriously short attention span, floats all kinds of weird ideas that he routinely discards.

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