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.
"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)!
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
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.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America — that he can call it whatever he likes as long as its his country's territory.
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.
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.
“If we are going to rename things … this is the move,” Abbott wrote on X.
Among the first executive orders signed by President Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."