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.
Claudia Sheinbaum's statement comes after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to officially rename the body of water
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
Florida's governor appeared to take President Donald Trump's cue and reference the "Gulf of America" in his latest executive order.
The president issued an executive order to change the name of the body of water, but its power may be limited beyond the United States.
Donald Trump's attempts to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America has not yet been acknowledged by map services.
In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali in Alaska. To start, Trump re-named the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” following through on a promise he made during his campaign. The body of water borders Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
Florida has become the first state to officially refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," following President Donald Trump 's executive order directing federal agencies to adopt the new name. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used the term in an emergency declaration issued on Monday ahead of a forecast winter storm.
An area of ‘low pressure moving across the Gulf of America … will bring widespread impactful winter weather,” the order states.
Trump has nominated Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to the Department of Interior. Trump said Jan. 7 at his Mar-a-Lago club that he wanted to make the change because of a trade imbalance with Mexico,
President-elect Donald Trump is once again planning a major, outlandish global grab — like pondering the “absolute neccessity” of America’s purchase of Greenland — for his first day in office. Trump is planning to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America.