Earlier this week, President Trump announced his plans to have the Gulf of Mexico‘s name changed to the Gulf of America.
In the executive order, the Gulf (which is the largest in the world) was described as ‘an integral asset to our once burgeoning Nation and has remained an indelible part of America’, as well as ‘a crucial artery for America’s early trade and global commerce’.
The change proposal was met with criticism — notably by Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, in particular.
Speaking on Tuesday (January 21), Sheinbaum said: “[Trump] says that he will call it the ‘Gulf of America’ on its continental shelf. For us it is still the Gulf of Mexico and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of Mexico.”
She added: “Regarding the decrees that President Donald Trump signed yesterday, I would like to say the following: The people of Mexico can be sure that we will always defend our sovereignty and our independence.”
And the Trump Administration has wasted no time in implementing its suggested name change, with the country’s Department of the Interior announcing yesterday that ‘name restorations’ are underway and that the Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America.
