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Mexican president suggests renaming the United States after Trump’s Gulf of America threat
NY Post ^ | 1/08/25 | Diana Glebova

Posted on 01/08/2025 4:26:10 PM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: america; cartelpresident; cartelsrunmexico; claudiasheinbaum; distraction; gulf; gulfofamerica; gulfofmexico; mexico; renaming; talkingsmack; threat; trolling
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The Gulf of Trump. Has a nice ring to it.
1 posted on 01/08/2025 4:26:11 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

How about renaming Mexico ….Sinaloa.


2 posted on 01/08/2025 4:29:48 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Libloather

Don’t get like Pierre Trudeau.

She’s really not very creative, is she? Mexican America doesn’t make much sense. (And the “journalist” isn’t very bright either; she’s renaming North America, not the United States.) Seriously, maybe calling the U.S., “North Mexico” might make the already very weak joke work. But “Mexican America” fails on so many levels.


3 posted on 01/08/2025 4:30:28 PM PST by dangus
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To: Mr. Mojo

Shinola?


4 posted on 01/08/2025 4:30:47 PM PST by dangus
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To: Libloather

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

Ha ha. Not bad. At least she has a sense of humor.


5 posted on 01/08/2025 4:31:55 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Libloather

Good for Sheinbaum! Trolling is no fun unless you can troll right back.


6 posted on 01/08/2025 4:32:40 PM PST by Publius
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To: Libloather

Her feelings have been hurt....(grin)


7 posted on 01/08/2025 4:33:36 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Libloather

Lame.


8 posted on 01/08/2025 4:33:55 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
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To: Libloather

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


Ouch! Touched a nerve with this mujera, didn’t he?


9 posted on 01/08/2025 4:34:52 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Funny thing: The name of “New Mexico” is older than the name of that country down there. It’s been “New Mexico” since the time when Mexico was known as “New Spain.” It’s actually named after the Valley of Mexico.


10 posted on 01/08/2025 4:35:43 PM PST by dangus
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To: Libloather

Gulf of America actually ties it to all of the American continent, so it makes sense. Mexico sold the US land and also ceded land in a treaty. That’s why it would be silly to call previous Mexican land Mexican America. They should be happy we named one state New Mexico.

I saw her little presentation. She thought she was being cool but just came across as smugly absurd.

Oh, but she can have her citizens back, the ones that came here illegally.


11 posted on 01/08/2025 4:36:40 PM PST by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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Sheinbaum?

Last name sounds familiar, is she related to Judge Judy?

12 posted on 01/08/2025 4:36:45 PM PST by Biblebelter
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To: Mr. Mojo

Why not the older term, NEW SPAIN! Forget the natives!


13 posted on 01/08/2025 4:37:30 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Libloather

They are moving us toward USMCA which was argued about for years here on FR and elsewhere.


14 posted on 01/08/2025 4:38:03 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Publius

What kind of Mexican surname is that, lol? Might as well be Maguilacutty (or however that’s spelled).


15 posted on 01/08/2025 4:38:35 PM PST by AmericanMermaid
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borracho bruja...


16 posted on 01/08/2025 4:38:58 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Libloather

I suggest she renames Mexico and my suggestion would be “HELL”. We recently watched two movies by Taylor Sheridan’s “SICARIO”. I hope it is just fiction, because if true, the cartels own the border.


17 posted on 01/08/2025 4:45:46 PM PST by Toespi
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To: Libloather

LOL. Cartel woman is walking on thin ice. Her handlers in the cartel better rein her in.


18 posted on 01/08/2025 4:46:08 PM PST by ChuckHam
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To: Libloather

They may as well call it “Comidas Gratis”.


19 posted on 01/08/2025 4:52:56 PM PST by fruser1
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To: AmericanMermaid

McGillicuddy (Irish: Mac Giolla Chuda or Mac Giolla Mhochuda) is a surname of Irish origin,[1] meaning “son of the servant of St. Mochuda”. A variant form of the name is Mac Giolla Mhochuda.[2] Other Anglicised forms of Mac Giolla Chuda include MacGillacuddy, MacGillecuddy, MacGillycuddy, MacIllicuddy, MacElcuddy, MacElhuddy and Mac Giolla Coda.[1]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGillicuddy


20 posted on 01/08/2025 4:53:05 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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