Name Change: Trump Wants to Switch Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’

There’s a lot of changes expected in President-elect 👤Donald Trump’s upcoming administration. And he announced one of the latest ones in a press conference Tuesday morning.

Trump gave a press conference at Mar-a-Lago in Florida a day after the presidential election was certified,” per Mediaite.

“We are going be changing — the the opposite of Biden closing everything up and 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,” Trump announced. “That covers a lot of territory.”

“The Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. It is appropriate. It’s appropriate,” Trump added.

Trump has blamed the U.S.’s neighbors to the south with immigration issues plaguing the U.S.

Although the animosity between Trump and 🇲🇽Mexico has been apparent for a while, the name change has seemed to come out of nowhere.

However, political activist Jack Posobiec hinted at the name change in December on X.

“While we’re at it,” he posted.

“🌊Gulf of Mexico? “I think you mean Gulf of America,” he added.

Now, some are wondering how the name of a body of water can be changed.