After President Trump was sworn in, Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas placed more buoys in the Rio Grande along the Texas-Mexico border.

Mexican drug gangs are a driving force behind the U.S. fentanyl crisis and Trump vowed to crack down on cartels during his successful presidential campaign.

The Trump White House will also be looking to Texas for some of its staffing. Paige Willey, communications director for Paxton, will join the White House as deputy assistant for economic policy and Ryan Baasch, associated deputy Attorney General, will be a special assistant for economic policy, according to Bloomberg.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on social media that if the Gulf of Mexico is renamed, it should be called the "Gulf of Texas."

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Texans are already bracing for big impacts in a state that the returning president has long admired.

Less than 24 hours after President-elect Donald Trump said he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico, Texas Governor Greg Abbott threw out a suggestion. While Trump recommended renaming it to the "Gulf of America," Abbott proposed changing it to the "Gulf of Texas."

Gov. Greg Abbott's response was tongue-in-cheek but the reaction from Mexico's first woman president may set the tone for future dealings with President-elect Trump.

Shortly after President Donald Trump was sworn into office, Texas placed more buoys along the Rio Grande. Texas Governor Greg Abbott posted video of the large buoys going into place at the Texas-Mexico border.

After President Trump was sworn in, Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas placed more buoys in the Rio Grande along the Texas-Mexico border.

The new president said he’ll work with Abbott to quickly build the border wall and crack down on illegal immigration.

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” per reporting from the Associated Press. This has sparked a lot of conversation and debate online over what the Gulf should be renamed to, if at all.