Mexican president suggests renaming the United States after Trump’s Gulf of America threat

NY Post ^ | 1/08/25 | Diana Glebova

[Libloather]

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum clapped back Wednesday at President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to rename the Gulf of Mexico — saying the US should actually be called “Mexican America.”

Trump, 78, announced Tuesday during a Mar-a-Lago press conference he had ambitions to rebrand the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America.”

In response, Sheinbaum, 62, showed off a 1607 map with the Gulf of Mexico being identified as such and North America labeled as Mexican America.

“Why don’t we call it Mexican America? It sounds nice, no?” asked the Mexican leader, apparently in jest.

Sheinbaum added, “with all due respect,” that Trump was wrong to state that violent drug cartels are running Mexico, rather than “the people.”

The Gulf of Mexico has been known as such for centuries, but Trump could go about trying to change how it would be labeled in the US.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has already proposed a bill that would federally fund the required changes to maps.

The renaming would also cause a headache for the International Hydrographic Organization, which tries to ensure uniformity in how bodies of water are labeled.

[jmacusa]

Si. Esta mujer es una idota.

[dangus]

President Shinolabaum.

[MayflowerMadam]

That’s weird, since the Jewish President of Mexico MUST know that Mexico is in America — North America.

If she has a problem with the “America” part, then Trump should just re-name it “The Gulf Of USA”.

[Ex-Con777]

The chica already calls us Estados Unidos Del Norte. And the Gulf is Golfo de Mexico.

It was a terrible troll that doesn’t even play well in Peoria.

Might I suggest Mexico be renamed Destino Para Deportados.

EC

[1Old Pro]

Mexico is a joke, so this Presidente who works with murderous cartels to get elected is also a joke.