'Mexican America': Mexico rebukes Trump, suggests renaming North America [View all]
Source: TRT World
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested North America including the United States could be renamed "Mexican America" - a historic name used on an early map of the region in response to US President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."
"Mexican America, that sounds nice," Sheinbaum joked, pointing at the map from 1607 showing an early portrayal of North America.
The president, who has jousted with Trump in recent weeks, used her daily press conference to give a history lesson, flanked by old maps and former culture minister Jose Alfonso Suarez del Real.
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Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum pointing at a map from 1607 showing an early portrayal of North America. (Photo: AFP)
She's terrific, like her predecessor. I hope this causes an intestinal obstruction inside Trumpf.
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