The White House apparently wants the Associated Press to use the Trump-approved name for the Gulf of Mexico. If it sounds Orwellian, that's because it is.

The wire service said the decision stemmed from a style guidance to continue using the name Gulf of Mexico instead of Gulf of America.

The White House banned an Associated Press reporter from attending an executive-order signing in the Oval Office on Tuesday — in protest of the outlet’s style guidance on the Gulf of America, the news agency said.