Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico
Source: AP
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.”
It’s his latest suggestion to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere. Trump has repeatedly referred to Canada as the “51st State,” demanded that Denmark consider ceding Greenland, and called for Panama to return the Panama Canal.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-gulf-of-mexico-bc438f4feca1234475a1adef99344da7
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Duncanpup
(14,138 posts)That will definitely bring down the cost of groceries.
Trueblue1968
(18,395 posts)
JoseBalow
(6,954 posts)
fierywoman
(8,236 posts)
niyad
(122,596 posts)fierywoman
(8,236 posts)niyad
(122,596 posts)
usaf-vet
(7,338 posts)It is another lie meant for the dumb low intelligent voters in America.
cstanleytech
(27,471 posts)
MacKasey
(1,326 posts)Trump's Fucking Asshole
Attilatheblond
(5,379 posts)Sideshow Bob, or is it Sideshow Blob?
Bengus81
(8,283 posts)Please DIE quickly Trump......
TheCowsCameHome
(40,233 posts)
Skittles
(162,408 posts)he's fucking PATHETIC
area51
(12,256 posts)https://www.biblestudytools.com/psalms/109-8.html
delisen
(6,823 posts)The Trump gang are masters of propaganda. They are making outrageous comments to dominate the news cycle and obliterate Carter and virtuous leadership.
Repeating the garbage is doing Trump’s propaganda work for him,
Boomerproud
(8,648 posts)To lie in state and on the same day we're treated to insane ramblings. The world has lost its mooring.
Deuxcents
(21,261 posts)
idahoblue
(415 posts)Trump is so stupid he thinks America is the United States. Gulf of America is not too bad, that includes all the countries south of us that he calls shitholes.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,015 posts)
Deep State Witch
(11,640 posts)Granted, it was named "Gulf of Mexico" by the Spanish conquistadors. According to Wikipedia, the first non-Native person to explore it was Amerigo Vespucci.
However, I don't think that honoring Vespucci is what the Orange Horror has in mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico
Evolve Dammit
(20,269 posts)Attilatheblond
(5,379 posts)OK, he jmay delivered pizza to Mar A Largo a couple of times. Or coffee
MissouriDem47
(128 posts)Trump always says or does something to grab the headlines and this is just another example.
James48
(4,755 posts)Just asking.
James48
(4,755 posts)I bet that will be on the dock next.
Aussie105
(6,866 posts)Canada is renamed 'North land of Barbarian Enemies.'
Mexico 'South land of the Barbarian Enemies.'
Maps are reprinted, all state names are abolished, instead . . . Central Trumpmenistan, Western Trumpmenistan, and Eastern, Northern and Southern Trumpmenistan.
Maps will have warnings on the oceans, 'Dragons live here, do not go!'
Evolve Dammit
(20,269 posts)
AZ8theist
(6,645 posts)
IcyPeas
(23,296 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(159,685 posts)“We’ll be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring,” the president-elect vowed. He wasn’t kidding.
https://bsky.app/profile/mynewsfeed.link/post/3lf67uz5jtb2g
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/-gulf-america-trump-vows-rename-gulf-mexico-rcna186611
We’re going to be announcing at a future date, pretty soon, we’re going to change — because we do most of the work there, and it’s ours — we’re going be changing — sort of the opposite of Biden, where he’s closing everything up, essentially getting rid of $50 to $60 trillion worth of assets — we’ll 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. The Gulf of America: What a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate. It’s appropriate.”
As a video clip from the event makes clear, the incoming American president is not kidding.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lf64i3h5w223
.....But stepping back, it’s worth taking stock of the Republican’s increasingly bizarre foreign policy agenda as he prepares to return to the White House. Since Election Day, Trump has:
leaned into the idea of adding Greenland to the United States;
talked with increasing enthusiasm about adding Canada to the U.S. through some kind of unexplained “merger”;
raised the prospect of the U.S. seizing control of the Panama Canal;
and vowed to impose trade tariffs on each of the U.S.’ three largest trade partners.
What’s more, asked at his Mar-a-Lago event whether he can “assure the world” that he won’t “use military or economic coercion” toward Greenland and Panama, the incoming president declined.
“No, I can’t assure you on either of those two, but I can say this, we need them for economic security,” Trump replied.
twodogsbarking
(12,961 posts)endgenocide
(166 posts)and New Mexico to New Melanina?
magicarpet
(17,770 posts).... with 24 carat golden sand at all the beaches.
FSogol
(47,230 posts)
Skittles
(162,408 posts)or HARRIS 
no_hypocrisy
(50,579 posts)
Blue_Roses
(13,675 posts)there was a time that this would have been a joke.
Irish_Dem
(65,586 posts)Can you imagine what the ER staff would think and do?
C_U_L8R
(46,583 posts)That swirling cesspool will be truly worthy of the Trump brand.
bucolic_frolic
(49,153 posts)Relax. He's just playing with power.
aggiesal
(9,833 posts)johnnyfins
(1,819 posts)For something else. What else is he DOING. Not talking about.
orangecrush
(23,563 posts)Unladen Swallow
(491 posts)the idiotic joke that this is. He's trolling. And folks are biting. HARD.
OnlinePoker
(5,913 posts)
spudspud
(581 posts)
YoshidaYui
(43,352 posts)well fuck you king of the world!!
William Seger
(11,459 posts)Orrex
(64,855 posts)And they can bury Vance with him, on top of Johnson's screaming body.
Aristus
(69,314 posts)n/t
Mrsfiddlegirl
(31 posts)The Americas cover more tyan just the U.S. He is such a felonious ignorant moron. Let the stroke come soon please. I've never wished ill on another human in my lifetime, but this is a dire situation which demands extraordinary patience. I don't have enough patience to watch this insanity.
PJMcK
(23,362 posts)NOT.
Crowman2009
(2,983 posts)....Swampy Gold-Plated Shithouse! 
C Moon
(12,736 posts)orangecrush
(23,563 posts)Same crap as last time.
LudwigPastorius
(11,848 posts)...and, Trump can sell naming rights to the years.
2025 will become The Year of the Depends™ Adult Undergarment.
NGeorgian
(103 posts)?
MadMike47
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SomewhereInTheMiddle
(478 posts)When I heard this, I asked myself what the actual mechanism for changing the name of an international body of water is.
From what little I can find it seems like it would have to go through the UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) to be internationally recognized.
Given Trump’s proven views on international organizations and cooperation therewith I don’t see him being able to push this through. Of course, he might be able to get a law passed saying all publications in the US are required to use the name, which would suck and make us more of a laughingstock, but that would have little impact on the rest of the world.
I just hope he forgets the idea by tomorrow morning and we never here about it again, except perhaps in late night talk show monologs.
At this point hope may be all we have left.
orleans
(35,737 posts)but no one else is gonna do it
fuck him
elleng
(138,724 posts)
tirebiter
(2,619 posts)Holy Cross at the end of the 19th century. Problem was nobody else in the world changed their maps. We are still listed as Santa Cruz, California
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,663 posts)or, United Stupidity Association. The world is again watching all this with disgust and we will be paying the price with loss of trust and increasing economic penalty.
TFG is trying to keep his minions in a froth of ignorant BS that he knows won't work just to keep them corralled in his system of grifts.
Next, I expect them to start selling large wall maps of the world with new labels to match his drug-fueled dreams.
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Oopsie Daisy
(5,428 posts)Decisions to rename a shared inland sea or major lake would likely involve diplomatic negotiations and consensus-building among the countries that border it. Any attempt by one country to unilaterally rename a shared body of water without the agreement of other neighboring countries would likely face challenges and could potentially lead to diplomatic tensions.
While countries can have influence over the naming of bodies of water within their own territorial waters, renaming internationally recognized bodies of water, such as the Gulf of Mexico, would likely require widespread international consensus and recognition.
It is unlikely that a US President and a compliant Congress could unilateraly rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" without facing significant challenges in terms of international acceptance and recognition. Similarly, any nation seeking to rename any major body of water would need to navigate complex diplomatic processes and seek approval from the International community.
Obviously, the naming of international waters and bodies od water is a complex and multilateral process. It would involve considerations of history, geography, geopolitics, and international norms (LOL) rather than being a decision that can be arbitrarily made by a single country or leader.