Renaming it the Gulf of America would apply only in the US. And the long global history of disputed place names suggests it could be a brief experiment anyway.
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
"A short time from now, we will be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America," Trump said in his speech, prompting Clinton's laughter
If you said “introduce a resolution to require the state to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America in official state documents,” congratulations, you’re as thirsty for approval as Rep. Aaron Pilkington (R-Knoxville)!
Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named "Gulf of America." "President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American civilization," the newly inaugurated president's executive order said.
An Arkansas state representative filed a resolution Wednesday to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has an answer for President Donald Trump about his idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America:” he can call it whatever he wants on the American part of it.
“If we are going to rename things … this is the move,” Abbott wrote on X.
House Republicans are pushing a new bill to limit birthright citizenship to babies born with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
In the same press conference last week, Trump outlined other imperialist priorities for his administration, like acquiring the Panama Canal and renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”
Perhaps the panel’s GOP members took down the tweet after ... among other things, rename the Gulf of Mexico and give Trump the authority to buy the Panama Canal. No one will be surprised if ...