Posted on 02/14/2025 2:49:54 AM PST by Libloather
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday her government was deciding whether to initiate a lawsuit against Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps.
"We are going to wait. We are already seeing, observing what this would mean from the perspective of legal advice, but we hope that they will make a revision," Sheinbaum said, according to Reuters.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Google.
Google renamed the body of water after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change it. Now, Google Maps users in the United States will see "Gulf of America" in the app, and users outside the U.S. and Mexico see both terms, the company said.
"We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring. That covers a lot of territory," Trump said Tuesday. "The Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. And it's appropriate."
Sheinbaum has decried the move, saying the Gulf of Mexico name has long been recognized internationally.
"All we are asking of Google is to look at the decree that the White House released and that President Donald Trump signed. You’ll see in that decree that it does not refer to the whole gulf," Sheinbaum said.
"If necessary, we will file a civil suit," she added. "Our legal area is already looking into what that would mean, but we hope that (Google) reconsiders."
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Gulf of America now showing on Google Earth
The Mexican president is full of hot air. What US court would bother with such a bogus lawsuit!?
There are dozens of leftwing judges who would love to stick it to Trump on this issue.
Supposedly, users in Mexico will still see it saying Gulf of Mexico.
Well then, she needs to quit the bitchin’. No need to change the business cards.
Can we reach a compromise and call it the Gulf of Not Mexico instead?
She’s going to sue over naming rights? Ok. Even Democrats aren’t suing over renaming Fort Bragg.
LOL! What the hell does Mexico care what WE call that body of water?
Mexican maps name it Golfo de Mexico anyway. If she wants tit for tat then we no longer want to see the name Estados Unidos on any mapa either.
For perspective this is coming from a country where probably a hundred politicians are openly killed each year by cartels. Nice priorities!
Doesn’t Mexico know that Mexico is in North AMERICA, just like the USA is?
This is for domestic consumption.
FWIW, I doubt it will fool Mexicans.
Today’s word: Nacho
Nacho gulf, puta!
My thoughts exactly
Yo Bitch! How about channeling your aggression towards the cartels?
Oh, that’s right, they are probably your sugar daddies.
Mexico can call it the Gulf of Bean Dip if they want to.
The lands that border the gulf are called North America, Central America and South America, so Gulf of America is totally appropriate.
What Trump did not do was demand the name change to the Gulf of the United States.
Didn’t realize that there was a law stating that something must be named in accordance with a liberal agenda
She’s so macho!
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