Trump’s plans to rename the gulf appear to be part of a broader offensive against Mexico, calling the nation "very dangerous" and "in a lot of trouble," citing drug trafficking and illegal immigration. However, most drug trafficking from Mexico is aimed at fulfilling consumer demand from Americans.
In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?
Claudia Sheinbaum's statement comes after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to officially rename the body of water
Wresting back control of the Panama Canal, renaming the Gulf of Mexico and exiting from the Paris Agreement were three of the shipping takeaways in the first hours following the inauguration of Donald Trump yesterday as the 47th president of the United States.
He views Mexico as a source of unwanted migration, drugs and Chinese goods, Canada as a liberal dystopia and Greenland as a weak link. Some of his remarks are bluster. The Gulf of Mexico, he says, should be renamed the Gulf of America.
Donald Trump cast himself both as a peacemaker and fierce defender of US interests in a mercurial return to the White House on Monday, vowing to seize the Panama Canal but also imploring Russia to make a deal on Ukraine.
President-elect Donald Trump plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in one of his first executive orders, ABC News reports. Calling it a “beautiful improvement,” Trump announced the change during a press conference at Mar-A-Lago.
OCEARCH has tracked Crystal up the eastern seaboard to New Brunswick, back down around the Florida Keys and into the Gulf of Mexico.
Trump vowed to change the 456-year-old name of the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America' as soon as he entered the White House - saying 'we do most of the work there, it’s ours'
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebuffed Donald Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."
Donald Trump would have no recourse under international law if he decided to make a play for the passage, and Panama's president has rejected the US president's words, saying no nation "interferes with our administration".